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School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)

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Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Finghín Mac Íobhair
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    As went out through a slippery gap, I met my Uncle Davy, I cut off his head and left his body easy?
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    Two As, Rs, Ms and a "G", put that together and spell it for me?
    Ans. Grammar.
    Patches upon patches without and stitches?
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    Ink, ank, under bank ten drawing four?
    Ans. A person milking a cow.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the churches and steeples and all?
    Ans. The sun.
    What is it that travels with its head down?
    Ans. A nail in your boot.
    How many cow's tails would reach the moon?
    Ans. One if it was long enough.
    Black and white and red (read) all over?
    Ans. A newspaper.
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you would guess for ever, but you would never guess that?
    Ans. A pipe.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a K?
    Ans. That.
    If you went on a journey on a bicycle where would you get down?
    Ans. On the goose's back.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Ans. Because she would not look under it.
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    Ans. To get to the other side.
    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
    Thomas Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Jack Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny