School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)

Location:
Glencar, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Mag Ualghairg
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  1. Q. What is it that has a head a foot and four legs?
    A. A bed.
    Q. When you have a henning half eaten what is he worth?
    A. He is worth turning.
    Q. What is it that if full of holes and holds up water?
    A. A (?) crook.
    Q. What is it thats full and still holds more.?
    A. A pot of potatoes
    Q. What is the shyest thing in the house?
    A. The clock.
    Q. I have one eye, I am made of steel good girls can use me well?
    A. A needle.
    Q. What is it that's closed when its opened and opened when its closed?
    A. A railway gate.
    Q. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    A. A nail in a man's shoe.
    Q. Hink hank under a bank ton drawing four.
    A. A person milking a cow.
    Q. Two feet on the ground three feet overhead the head of the living in the mouth of the dead?
    A. A man with a pot on his head.
    Q. How many feet has forty sheep the shepherd and his dog?
    A. Two feet.
    Q. The lazy father the hardworking mother and twelve black children.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan O Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tomrud, Co. Leitrim