School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)

Location:
Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Staráid
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  1. 50. What has an eye that cannot see?
    Answer. A needle.
    51. Why does a cow roar over the hill>
    Answer. Because she cannot roar through it.
    52. What goes round and round the house and peeps in the keyhole?
    Answer. The Sun.
    53. What goes with the trai and comes with the train and the train could not go without it?
    Answer. The noise.
    54 Twenty sheep went through a gap, twenty
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Mc Geever
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrowcarry, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Mc Geever
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Garrowcarry, Co. Donegal