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School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)

Location:
Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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    Riddle. What goes up a ladder with its head down
    Solution. A nail in a mans boot.
    Riddle. What has all patches and no stitches.
    Solution. A head of cabbage
    Riddle. If a man had forty patches on his trousers what time was it.
    Solution Time he had a new one
    Riddle What does a train leave behind it
    Solution Smoke
    Riddle A kitchen full a room full and could not catch a spoon full.
    Solution Smoke.
    Riddle I have a little sister in the ditch and if you go near her she will give you the itch.
    Solution A nettle
    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
    Informant
    George Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Occupation
    Gardener
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin