School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)

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   I cut off his head and left him standing easy.
   A. A head of cabbage.
   Q. What goes up white and comes down red.
   A. An egg.
   Q. Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four.
   A. A person milking a cow.
   Q. What is one half of the moon like.
   A. The other half.
   Q. Why is the house of commons like the Westpo road.
   A. Because there is a church-hill in it.
   Q. How many two's would make five.
   A. Two half-crowns.
   Q. A head and foot and four legs.
   A. A bed.
   Q. He's Nott in and he's Nott out and he's Nott everywhere he goes.
   A. Doctor Nott.
   Q. Why does a hen pick a pot.
   A. Because she cannot lick it.
   Q. What can run before it can walk.
   A. A rabbit.
   Q. As I went up the hill of Hoy I met a little yellow boy. I ate his flesh and drank his blood and threw his skin away.
   A. An orange.

   

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Cusack

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloondeash, Co. Mayo