School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
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An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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  1. 8. Q. Round the house, round the house, dragging the hay-rake after her?
    A. A hen and a clutch of chickens.
    9. Q. Smoke in the wood and no fire?
    A. Fog.
    10. Q. Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?
    A. Tongs.
    11. Q. Full of holes and holds water?
    A. A Sponge.
    12. Q. Full to the brim and holds water?
    A. A pot full of potatoes when you put water on.
    13. Q. Black and white and red all over (Read)?
    A. A newspaper.
    14. Q. As I looked out the window I saw the dead carrying the alive.
    A. A bicycle.
    15. Patch upon patch without any stitches?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    16. Q. What smells most in a chemist shop?
    A. Your nose.
    17. Q. If you fell from a housetop what would you fall against?
    A. Your will.
    18. Q. What is the smallest room in the world?
    A. A mushroom.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath