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

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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    What is it that the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    Answer:- a hole.
    What turns without moving?
    Answer:- milk.
    What is it, that God never sees, the king seldom sees and we see every day?
    Answer:- an equal.
    What is the toughest key to move?
    Answer:- the donkey.
    What is it that goes up the road and down the road and yet stands still?
    Answer:- a hill
    Why does the hen cross the road?
    Answer:- To get to the other side.
    Three men went out motoring - two black men and a white man. The two black men
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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
    Aodh Mac Chárthaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Dáithí Ó Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84