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School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

Location:
Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    8. Why are bakers very self-denying.?
    Ans :- because they need what they sell. (knead)
    9. Why is a washer woman like a navigator?
    Ans :- because she spreads her sheets, crosses the line and goes form pole to pole.
    10. Why is a church-steeple like an orange?
    Ans :- because a peel comes from each.
    11. What meat is never cheap.?
    Ans :- Deer-meat.
    12. Who killed the fourth part of the people of the world?
    Ans :- Cain when he killed Abel.
    13. What is the best site for a lunatic asylum?
    Ans :- the Scilly Isles.
    14. What is the most modest piece of furniture?
    Ans :- the clock, because it covers its face with its hand and it is always running itself down.
    15. Patch upon patch without any stitches, if you'll guess me that riddle, I'll buy you a breeches.?
    Ans :- A head of cabbage.
    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
    John Harrington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skahanagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Scully
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skahanagh, Co. Cork