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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

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Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 008

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    Why does a duck cross a road?
    To get to the other side.
    What is the shortest way to go from Dover to France?
    Cross off the D and you will be immediately over.
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man?
    A penny.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she could not look under it.
    What part of a cow goes over a ditch first?
    Her breath.
    As round as an apple, as dark as a cup, and all the King's horses cannot pull it up?
    A well.
    I went up the road and down the road and I carried the road on my back?
    A ladder.
    What goes from house to house and never walks?
    A footpath.
    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
    Liam Ó Briain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs E. O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick