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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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    Ques. A little pony grey and slim, a long white flowing tail on him and now a man with a brassy hood keeps driving him along the wood.
    Ans. A tailor sewing with a needle.
    Ques. As round as a ball as flat as a pan the half of a (would) woman the whole of a man.
    Ans. A penny.
    Ques. Why does a cow jump over a ditch.
    Ans. Because she cannot jump under it.
    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
    Rita Scully
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Killoscobe, Co. Galway