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School: Baile Uí Ghrádaigh, Ceann Tuirc

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Ballygrady South, Co. Cork
Teacher:
N., Bean de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 151

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    in pails.
    What goes round and round the wood but never gets into it?
    Answer - The bark of a tree.
    A little round house and it is full of meat but it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    Answer - An egg.
    Why does a hen peg a pot?
    Answer - Because she cannot lick it.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Answer - Because she cannot look under it.
    As round as my arm as deep as a cup.
    Answer - A well.
    I have a little Kerry cow she stands by the wall she eats what she gets but she drinks none at all.
    Answer - A fire.
    Roomful and cannot take a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lackeel, Co. Cork