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School: Maoilinn (C.), Áth Treasna

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Meelin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    There are many riddles given nowdays to test the ingenuity of the hearer such as :-
    1) What is half the mon like?
    Answer :- The other half.
    2) Why does a horse look over the ditch?
    Answer :- Because she could not look under it.
    3) Under fire over fire and never touches fire?
    Answer :- A cake in an oven.
    4) Where was Moses when the candle went out?
    Answer :- In the dark.
    5) As round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the people in the world could not take it up?
    Answer :- A well.
    6) Behind the hill there is a cup and every one must take a sup?
    Answer :- Death.
    7) There was a little house and a mouse couldn't live in it, And all the people in town could not count how many windows in it?
    Answer :- A thimble
    80) Why does a hen pick a pan?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr D. Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meelin, Co. Cork