School: Ballykelly

Location:
Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 227

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  1. What always walks with his head down on the ground?
    A nail in your boot.
    Tink Tank o under the bank, ten drawing four. What is that?
    Milking a cow.
    As I went out in a slippery gap; I met a little chap with a red cap a stick in his back and and a stone in his belly riddle me that and I'll give you a penny.
    A pip.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all. What is that?
    The sun.
    A clipper of ditches, a cutter of thorns,
    a little red cow with two leather horn, What is that?
    A hare.
    If a man had twenty patches on his trousers what time would it be?
    Time to get a new one.
    Why is a plum-cake like an ocean?
    Because it contains many currants.
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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
    Eileen Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford