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School: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

Location:
Glantane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
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    Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
    A. The sun.
    Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    A. Because she could not look under.
    Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
    A. To get to the other side?
    Q. What wears boots and has no leg?
    A. The road.
    Q. What goes around with its head down?
    A. The nail of your boot.
    Q. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that?
    A. A pipe.
    Q. How many sticks go to the building of a crows nest?
    A. None, they are all carried.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Chonaill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lackendarragh, Co. Cork