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School: Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag (roll number 5259)

Location:
Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Mag Uaildric
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 328

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  1. Riddles

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    Q One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging.
    A dog withg his head in a pot
    Q What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
    A A bark of a tree.
    Q What has two horns and can move them.
    A A Bull
    Q What has many lives.
    A A cat.
    Q London Derry Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
    A that.
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    Q How many servants has a cot
    A One
    Q What is it that a car does not want, and could not go without it.
    A The sound
    Q Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you can guess forever, but you cant guess that
    A A pipe.
    Q What is always walking with its head down.
    A A nail in your boot.
    Q What goes down in the ground and never touches the ground.
    A A pipe in a miner's pocket.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Thomas Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny