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School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)

Location:
Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Luke Owens
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    1. Why does a hen pick?
    Because she cant lick.
    2. What's in the harrow that's not in the plough?
    Whats in the heifor that's not in the cow?
    What's in the church that's not in the steeple?
    What's in the Priest that's not in the people?
    The letter r.
    3. Riddle-me Riddle-me randy-bo, my father gave me seed to sow the seed was black and the ground was white riddle-me that and I'll buy you a clay pipe?
    Ink and paper
    4. Why does a donkey eat thistles?
    Because its an ass.
    5. As I went through a guttry gap I met my Uncle Davy I took off his hat and sucked his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of stout.
    6. White and black and red all over?
    A newspaper.
    7. As round as a hoop as flat as a pan the half of a women and the whole of a man?
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    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
    Informant
    Mary A. Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    25
    Address
    Killylough, Co. Monaghan