School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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    the garden was white. Riddle me that and I will give you a pie.
    Ans:- Ink and paper.
    What has thirty feet, scrambles in the mud and runs round the field?
    Ans:- The Tipperary hurling team.
    Betty inside the ditch, Betty outside the ditch and if you go near Betty she will sting you.
    Ans:- A nettle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. (2) Where was Moses when the light went out.?.
    Ans:- In the dark.
    Why is a shoemaker's shop like hell.?.
    Ans:- Because so many bad soles go into it.
    Why does a hen pick the pot.?.
    Ans:- Because she can't lick it.
    If the King died who would get his job.?.
    Ans:- The undertaker.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chéirín
    Gender
    Female