School: Derryhanee (roll number 16228)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   Q. What is it that we are once in a month but never in a thousand years.
   A. The letter M in month.
   Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will give you a pair of breeches.
   A. A Cabbage.
   Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
   A. The Bark of a tree.
   Q. What goes up the mountain, leaves 'whitie' above and comes down?
   A. A hen goes up the mountain, lays an egg and comes down.
   Q. What is it that has one head, one foot and four legs.
   A. A Bed.
   Q. How is a doctor like a dress-maker?
   A. One cuts dresses and the other dresses cuts.
   Q. Round the house, round the house and peeps in every corner?
   A. The Sun.
   Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
   A. to get to the other side.
   Q. Why does a cow jump over the wall?
   A. because she cannot go under it.
   Q. why does a hen pick a pot?
   A. Because she cannot lick it.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Diffley

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   11

   Address

   Derryhanee, Co. Ros Comáin

   Informant

   Owen Farrell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Derryhanee, Co. Ros Comáin