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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

Location:
Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 056

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A man in Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat?
    Answer:- a ring.
    'Tis red and 'tis yellow and 'tis sparable green and the king can't come near it or neither the queen?
    Answer:- the rainbow.
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  2. Old Riddles

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    Under fire, over fire and never touches the fire?
    Answer:- a cake baking
    Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, we are full all day I am sorry to say and empty at night going to rest?
    Answer:- two shoes.
    Why does a horse look over a fence?
    Answer: because he can't look under it.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádruig Ó Síothcháin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Seán Ó Síothcháin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork