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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0113

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  1. Local Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    What part of a cow goes in a gap the first.
    Her breath.
    Two ducks before a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks. How many ducks are there.
    Three ducks.
    How long did Cane hate his brother.
    As long as he was Able.
    As I went out a gap I met a little boy with a red cap.
    A haw.
    What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets.
    A hole.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood.
    The bark of a tree.
    Why is a shoemaker chop like hell.
    Because bad soles go there.
    Why is the sun like a good cough
    Because it is light when it rises.
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    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
    Collector
    Irene Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway