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School: Ballykelly

Location:
Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 231

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round. What is that?
    A bed.
    Four lillie-landers two sticks standers
    two lookaders two crookeders and a wack-about. What is that?
    A cow.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick it.
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    Why are tall people always lazy.?
    Because they are longer in bed.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. What is that?
    A cabbage.
    As I was running, a thing I found, when I couldn't find it, I had to keep it, all day. If I could find it I'd throw it away.
    A thorn in my toe.
    What has one eye and cannot see?
    A needle.
    What is deeper than sea?
    A tailor's thimble.
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