School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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    Because it has veins.
    What is it that stands on one leg and has its heart in its head.
    A head of cabbage.
    What has a tongue and yet no mouth.
    A boot
    What is the difference between a man coming out of confession and a man coming out of a bath of water?
    The man coming ouf of confession is full of hope and the man coming out of a bath is full of soap.
    What pears grown on an apple tree
    Pairs of apples
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Black I am and much admired, and many a man and horse I tired, gold and silver paid for me and its on the dung-hill now Im laid.
    Culm.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?Because she cant look under it.
    Riddle me riddle men anty roe my father gave me some seeds to sow the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and I will give you a pipe
    Ink and white paper.
    All around the wood and never goes in to the wood
    The bark of a tree.
    If I were in the Sun and if you were out of it
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lalor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grenan, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Thomas Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grenan, Co. Laois