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School: Ballyhahill (B.), Glin (roll number 10685)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Maoláin
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    Riddles.
    1. why is a lame dog like a boy doing a sum?
    Because he puts down three and carries one.
    2. Why is a shop-door like a beer-barrel?
    Because it is often tapped.
    3. A white barrel with two kinds of food in it?
    An egg.
    4. I went up the road, I went down the road, and I carried the road off on my back?
    A ladder.
    5. In the morning it has four legs and at the noon it has two legs, and at night it has three legs?
    When a man is a child, he walks on his hands and feet. When he is a man he walks on his feet, and when he is old he carries a stick.
    6. As I went out a slippery gap I met a boy with a bundle of scallops. I asked him how many had he and he said no one could count them but God?
    The hair of your head.
    7. Riddle me, riddle me such a riddle could not be through a rock, through a reel, an old spinning wheel through a little bag of pepper, through a horses' shin bone, riddle me that or leave me alone?.
    A flash of lightning.
    8. I have a little sister. She hands on the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tinnakilla, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    John Stack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mohernagh, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Michael Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tinnakilla, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mohernagh, Co. Limerick