School: Carraig an Dubhais (Craigadooish) (roll number 10360)
- Location:
- Creaghadoos, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Laura Rountree
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1106, Page 301
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- Local Riddles
1. What has wings and cannot fly? A cart.
2. What has an eye but cannot see? A needle.
3. A farmer puts up twenty-three grains of wheat in the Summer what will he put up in the winter? An Umbrella.
4. What goes up the water and up the water but never gets to the head of the water? A mill wheel.
5. Hairy out having in all fair and no skin? A stocking.
6. Blackie and Whitie went up a hill. Blackie came down but Whitie stood still? A black hen went up the hill and laid an egg and came down again.
7. Twenty wee white things all in one stake. Here comes the red bull and gives them all a slake? Your tongue and your teeth.
8. What is the hardest key to turn? A Donkey.
9. What part of the cow goes into the byre first? Her breath.
10. What land does the baby like the best? Lapland.
11. When was the beef at its highest? When the cow jumped over the moon.
12. Chip, Chip cherry all the men in Derry could not climb Chip, Chip cherry? The smoke.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Laura Rountree
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
