School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill na Mullach (roll number 11855)

Location:
Buttevant, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSiúr Bríd
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  1. What draws without pulling? Tea.
    When is a door not a door? When it is a-jar.
    I have a little house and a mouse could not fit in it and all the men in Ireland could not count all the windows in it? A thimble
    If you fell into a river what would happen to you first? You would get wet of course.
    What turns without moving? Milk.
    Why did the hen cross the road? To get to the other side.
    What field can never grow grass? A coal-field.
    What goes out and yet always stays inside? A fire.
    What begins with T. ends with T. and is full of T.? A tea-pot.
    What has a neck and shoulders but no head? A bottle.
    What is it that runs from one place to another without stopping? A road.
    How can you tell the time without a watch? By looking at a clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Hanley
    Gender
    Female