School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ballyporeen (roll number 10437)

Location:
Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
An tSr Finnbarr An tSr Gabriel
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  1. When is a horse not a horse?
    When he is turned into a field
    What is it?
    A word
    Black as ink, white as snow, it hops on the road like a hailstone?
    A magpie
    Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    Because she cant look under it
    Why is it that the letter "B" comes before the letter "b"
    Because you must be before you can see
    Why is the letter "F" like a cows tail?
    Once in a minute, twice in a moment, never in a thousand years.
    The letter "m"
    What is it that always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot
    Patch upon patch without any stitches, puddle me that and I'll still buy you breeches?
    A head of cabbage
    Legs I have but seldom walk, I backbite all
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joan Myles
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary