School: Bán-Tír (B.) (roll number 2803)

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1. Riddles

   

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   1 What has a splendid set of teeth and yet never eats? A Comb.
   2 What turns without moving - milk.
   3 A riddle, a niddle, as I suppose, a hundred eyes, but never a nose. - Thimble
   4 Why is the umbrella's life a rough one? - It has so many "ups" and "downs"
   5 A long legged father, big fat mother, three little children, all one colour? A pot, and hangers.
   6 When are cooks cruel - When they beat the eggs, and whip the cream.
   7 Two black men and a white man went driving in a car, the black men ate the white man what was the number of the car? 281
   8 Luke has it in front, Paul has it behind. Boys haven't it, girls have it, Mrs Mulligan has it twice in the same place, and when she married Pat Murphy, she lost it. Queen Victoria the poor thing never had it. What is it? The letter "L"
   9 I have a little cow, and she has a pair of horns, she's a jumper of fences, and a hopper of thorns - A hare.
   10 What smells most in a Jeweller's shop - Your nose.
   11 Peggy in the bog, galloping mad, and smoking - A train
   12 Long donkey, deaf and dumb, has no legs, and it can run. A river
   13 A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here they go, there they go, now they stand still - Teeth
   14 I went to the wood, and a thing I found. For to get it I searched all around. If I could get it, I'd throw it away, But when I could not get it, I had to keep it all day - A thorn
   15 Why is a young dog, trying to catch his tail, like a good accountant? Trying to make both ends meet.

   

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   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bántír, Co. Chorcaí