School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Lighin
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  1. Forty sheep went in gap, forty more went after that, six and seven, twice eleven, two and three how much is that. Five.
    As round as a marble as deep as a cup, and all the king's army couldn't take it up. A well.
    What is all patches and no stitches? A head of cabbage.
    Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes. A tongs.
    How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog? Two feet
    The man that made it never wore it, the man that wore it never saw it. A coffin.
    What goes up in the air, and comes down, wears shoes, and has none? A football.
    As black as ink, as white milk, and hops down on the road like hailstone? A magpie.
    As I went up a slippery gap I met a man, I cut off his head and drank his blood, and left his body standing. A bottle of whisky.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork