School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brigid Lacy
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  1. I heard these riddles from various people.
    1. What goes around the house and drags a harrow after it?
    Ans. - A hen with a clutch of chickens.
    2. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    Ans. - A nail in a man's boot.
    3. What goes round the wood and never touches a bit of wood?
    Ans.- A knife in a man's pocket.
    4. Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?
    Ans.- The tongs.
    5. What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets?
    Ans.-A grave.
    6. Inky pinky on the bank ten drawing four?
    Ans.- A woman milking a cow.
    7. I sat down on my hunkers, I looked through my winkers and I saw the dead burying the live/
    Ans.- the ashes burying the coals.
    8 How is it that you have to go to bed
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmacart, Co. Longford