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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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    Question.
    As I went out in a Slippery gap
    I met a man with a little red cap
    He had wooden clothes, and iron toes,
    And upon my word he'd frighten crows?
    Ans. A Gun.
    Question.
    Patch upon patch, without any stitches
    Riddle me that, and I'll buy you a breeches?
    Ans. A Head of Cabbage.
    Question.
    Why does a hen pick the pot ?
    Ans. Because she can't lick it.
    Question.
    Why is the letter K like a pig ?
    Ans. It is at the end of pork
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Barron
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr T. Barron
    Gender
    Male