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School: Carlingford (B.)

Location:
Carlingford, Co. Louth
Teacher:
C. Ó Blunaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 029

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    1. Little Jenny city goat, in her white petticoat, the longer she sits, the shorter she growd.
    Ans - a candle.
    2. When is a cow not a cow?
    Ans - When she is turned into a meadow.
    Contributed by James Thornton, Greenore Rd.
    1. Think of a number, double it, add 25 to it, halve it, take the number that you first thought of from it, and your answer is twelve and a half.

    2. As I went up Tara Hill, Tara Hill was shaking, four and twenty blackbirds picking in an acre.
    Ans. - A man harrowing a field.
    3. What is taken from you before you get it?
    Answer - Your photo.
    4. Little white Nancy with a little red nose, the longer she bides the shorter she grows.
    Answer - A candle.
    5. What is full of holes, and yet can hold water.
    Answer - A sponge.
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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
    Informant
    Hugh O Rourke
    Gender
    Male