School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)

Location:
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Cathal Ó Buadhacháin
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    Riddles
    What stands on one leg and has its heart in its head?
    (A head of cabbage).
    What goes round the house and round the house and drags a harrow after it? (A hen and a clutch of chickens.
    At I went out on yonder gap I say a man giving a call. His beard was red his mouth was horn and such a man was never born? (a cock crowing).
    Why does a chimney smoke?
    (because it cannot chew).
    A lepper of ditches, a cropper of thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns. (a hare)
    If I built a wall from here to Donegal what height would it be.
    (The height of nonsense).
    What is the difference between the north and south pole. (The
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breanrisk, Co. Longford