School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)

Location:
Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Catháin
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  1. What has wings but cannot fly?
    A cart.
    Why do you never get thirsty on a car?
    Because you are sitting on springs and there is a well at your side.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood but never gets into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    What is cut but never eaten?
    A pack of cards.
    Middy noddy, round body, three feet and wooden hat?
    A pot.
    What is it that happens once in every minute, twice in every moment but never in a year?
    The letter "M"
    What can go up the chimney down but cannot come down the chimney up?
    An umbrella.
    Thirty six (sick) sheep went in a gap one of them died how many came out?
    Twenty nine.
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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
    Éamonn Ó Catháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal