School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

Location:
Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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    of horns?
    A goat.
    Why does a hen pick a potstick?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    A hardworking father, a lazy mother and twelve little black children running one after another?
    A block.
    What is it that has an eye and cannot see?
    A needle.
    Patches upon patches
    without any stitches
    riddseme that and I'll give you an old pair of breeches?
    A head of cabbage.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English