School: Churchtown (Baile an Teampoill) (roll number 1132)

Location:
Churchtown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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  1. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
    Riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
    Ans - A leaf of cabbage.
    What is full and holds more?
    Ans - A pot full of potatoes. (When you pour water in)
    What always walks with its head down?
    Ans - A nail in your foot.
    What goes around the wood and around the wood but never gets into the wood?
    Ans - The bark of a tree.
    Put seven men into six beds giving them a bed each?
    Ans - Put the first outside the door. Put the second into the first bed. Put the third into the second bed. Put the fourth into the third bed. Put the fifth into the fourth bed. Put the sixth into the fifth bed. Bring in the man outside the door and put him into the sixth bed.
    What is deeper than the sea?
    Ans – A tailor’s thimble.
    What is it the more you fill with you make it lighter?
    Ans – A barrel full of holes.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Curtáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbarraree, Co. Cork