School: Brownhill (roll number 11427)

Location:
Tirnaskea North, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Ní Ghamail
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    for a bone? A shoe.
    X. Spell broken-down-ditch with three letters? Gap.
    11. Why is a cow's tail like a swans breast? Because it grows down.
    12. A head like a thimble, tail like a rat you can guss forever but you couldn't guess that? A pipe.
    13. What becomes bigger the more we take from it? A grave.
    14. What is all eyes and yet can't see? A crook.
    15. A cow and a calf cost a dollar and a half, what would a ton of coal come to? Ashes.
    16. Why dose a donkey eat thistles? Because it's an ass.
    17. When is a farmer cruel? When he threshes his corn.
    18. What goes over the hill and never comes back again? A path.
    19. What has legs and can't walk? A table.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Traynor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockronaghan, Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    Betty Wilkinson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corragh (Maxwell), Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    John Irwin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killygavna, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr John Wilkinson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corragh (Maxwell), Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs H. Traynor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockronaghan, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr W. Irwin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killygavna, Co. Monaghan