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School: Ardaghy, Omeath

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Ardaghy, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Craith
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    Q (1) What is the lightest penny-worth in the world?
    A A stamp.
    Q (2) As black as silk, and as white as milk and it hops on the road like hail-stones?
    A A magpie..
    Q (3) Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    A Because she can’t look under it..
    Q (4) Forty sheep went through a gap, forty more followed that, six, seven ten eleven, three and two how many is that?
    A Five.
    Q (5) Stiff standing in the ground, first white and then red?
    A A carrot.
    Collected by:
    Annie Morgan (13 yrs)
    Ardaghy.
    From:
    John Morgan R.I.P. age 50 yrs.
    Ardaghy (died 24-6-38)
    4.1.38
    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
    Annie Morgan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ardaghy, Co. Louth
    Informant
    John Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ardaghy, Co. Louth