School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- Riddles - Continued.
(Contributed by Kevin Murphy - Dundalk Rd.)
1. A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat
You may guess for ever, but you'll never guess that.
Answer - A pipe.2. Why is a clock at twelve-fifty-nine P.M. like a man going to strike someone?
Ans - Because it is going to strike one.3. What walks with its head down?
Ans. - A nail in your boot.4. What is full and can hold more?
Ans. - A pot of potatoes.5. Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a K.
Answer - T-H-A-T.6. A white house, a milk house, a brown house and a hairy house.
Answer - A Cocoa-nut.7. As white as milk, As green as grass,
As red as blood, As black as ink.
Answer - A blackberry.
- Informant
- Kevin Murphy
- Gender
- Male
