School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   “Riddle - Ink, ank, under the bank...”

   

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2. Riddles

   “R Up and Down up and down, never touches sky or ground.”

   

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   R. Up and down up and down, never touches sky or ground. A. The handle of a pump. R. Where was Moses when the light went out. A. Under the bed scratching for matches. R. Black and white and red all over. A. A Newspaper. R. What part of the cow comes over the ditch first. A. Her breath. R. Up she got and to it she took every rag on her back was shook. A. A woman churning. R. Constantinople is a very hard word if you are not able to spell "it" you are a dunce. A. I.T. R. A little man with a red head the longer he lives the shorter he grows. A. A candle. R. Eighty (eight tea pronunced eighty) cups on the table one broke how many (was) were left. A. Seven. R. What county in Ireland fits in a bottle. A. Cork R. Headed like a thimble and tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that. A. A pipe. R. As I went out through a mucky gap I met my Uncle Davy a stick in his head and a

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Lalor

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonygowan, Co. Laois