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School: Crossmolina (B.)

Location:
Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 488

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    and that is the boy that would frighten you?
    Answer: A gun.
    Question: What is full that holds more
    Answer: A pot of potatoes.
    Question: What is the lightest town in Ireland?
    Answer: Cork.
    Question: What turns without moving?
    Answer: Milk
    Question: What town in Ireland can you spell backwards
    Answer: Navan.
    Question: What town in Ireland is like a candle
    Answer: "Wicklow" because the wick is low.
    Question: The man that makes it does not need it and the man that sells it does not want it and the man that needs it does not see it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo