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School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

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Knocklong, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 037

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  1. List of Riddles (continued)

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    a cup and all the king's horses could not pull it up?
    A well.
    Long legs short thighs a little head and no eyes.
    A tongs.
    Father and mother sister and brother were travelling together, and one could not catch up to the other?
    The four wheels of a carriage.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick it.
    If it takes 3 days and for two men to dig a hole, how many days will it take 1 man do dig 1/2 a hole?
    You could not dig a 1/2 a hole.
    Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
    Nineteen.
    What goes up a ladder with their heads down?
    Your boot nails.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Curtis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick