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School: An Bhlárna (C.)

Location:
Blarney, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Winifred Scantlebury
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0349, Page 090

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    What wears shoes and has no legs?
    A road.
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An Umbrella.
    It goes around the house and around the house and stops in the corners?
    A brush.
    What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    As I went up a slippery gap I met my Auntie Joanie, she had timber toes and iron nose and upon my word she'd frighten the crows?
    A man with a gun.
    What is the centre of gravity?
    The letter "V"
    What three letters does a robber dread?
    I.C.U. (I see you.)
    Why is Patrick Street like a bed?
    Because there is a Bolster in it.
    Cork and Kerry, Londonderry spell me that without a "K"?
    That.
    Its neither fish, flesh, nor bone but it has five fingers of its own?
    A Glove.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball it can climb over Church, steeple and all?
    The Sun.
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    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
    Peggy O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Ellen Ingerton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork