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School: An Eaglais, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 1395)

Location:
Aglish, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Leinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 143

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    is that?
    Three ducks.
    10. One half dead, the other half living and his tail wagging.
    A dog with his head in a pot.
    11. Why does a hen cross the road?
    To get to the other side.
    12. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    13. What is the smallest town in the world?
    Cork, because it fits in a bottle.
    14. Peggy, Peggy with a wooden leg, her father thought to kill her. He kicked her up and he kicked her down and still he could not kill her.
    A bag of flour.
    15. Why is a cow's tail like a swan's breast?
    Because it grows down.
    16. Thirty white horses on a red hill, now prancing, now they are still.
    Teeth in your gums.
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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
    David Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaparka, Co. Waterford