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School: An Clochar, Dún an Ochta

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Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
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An tSr. Kostka
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0019

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    16. Jenny in the ditch, Jenny out of the ditch, if
    you go near Jenny she will bite you?
    A. A nettle.
    17. What goes round the floor all day and has
    legs?
    A. A brush.
    18. Twenty-four white cows standing in a
    stall up comes a red one and licks them
    all?
    A. Your teeth and tongue.
    19. Up chip cherry, down chip cherry all the
    men in Ireland could not catch chip
    cherry?
    A. Smoke.
    20. As black as ink, as red as blood, as
    green as grass, what's that?
    A. A blackberry.
    21. A fiddler in Cork had a brother a fiddler
    in New York and the fiddler in New York
    had no brother a fiddler in Cork?
    A. A sister that was the fiddler in Cork.
    22. How many tails would reach the sky?
    A. One if it was long enough.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English