School: Oulart (roll number 15419)

Location:
Oulart, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó hAilleacháin
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  1. Riddles
    10..11..'37
    Q. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you could guess forever but you wouldn't guess that.
    A. A long shanked pipe.
    Q. As I went out in a guttery gap
    I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and spilt his blood and left him lying easy.
    A. A bottle of stout.
    Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man.
    A. A penny.
    Q. Why is a pig in a parlour so much like a house a fire
    A. Because the sooner it gets out the better.
    Q. What's full but holds more
    A. A pot of potatoes.
    Q. What is the loudest thing in the world
    A. A candle because it wake's the dead
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English