School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)

Location:
Tallonstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Gráinnne
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  1. Local Riddles
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
    A penny
    Long legs little head and no wit?
    A tongs
    Forty sheep went out a gap forty more followed that a man and a dog who many feet went out the gap?
    Two
    What is it that the half of it is bigger than the whole of it?
    A needle
    Collected Brendan Morgan
    Church Park
    Ardee
    Co Louth
    Got from Nicholas Morgan
    Church park
    Ardee
    Co Louth
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Church Park, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Nicholas Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Church Park, Co. Louth