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School: Baile Deasún (B.)

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Ballydesmond, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Mac Giolla Phádraig
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    (1) What has three feet an no legs.
    (2) ANS.= A yard measure
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    (1) I knew a weaver who had a brother a tailor and the tailor had no brother a weaver.
    (2) ANS.= Weaver was a girl.
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    (1) Which is it heat or cold goes the fastest.
    (2) ANS.= Heat, = it is easy to catch cold.
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    (1) How many "kippens" go to make a Magpies nest.
    (2) ANS.= No one. The magpie carries them.
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    (1) Which would a horse without eyes or a horse stone blind see the most.
    (2) ANS.= A horse without eyes because
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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
    James Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreenduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Eugene Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Tooreenduff, Co. Cork