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School: Ballykelly

Location:
Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 230

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A clock.
    What is the lightest thing in the world?
    Light.
    When was beef the highest?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    What goes round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    The bark of the tree,
    Riddle me riddle ranttito my father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black and the ground whtte riddle me that again tomorrow night?
    A newspaper.
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  2. Riddles

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    Kitty inside the ditch and kitty outside the ditch if you touch kitty she'll bite you.
    A nettle.
    What part of a cow goes out in the gap first?
    Her breath.
    Less than a mouse, and there are more windows in it than a king's house. What is it.
    A thimble.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Whitechurch, Co. Wexford