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School: Ballyhogue

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Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
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Mrs. Margaret Cahill
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    Q. I know a little girl who lives in the ditch, if you went near her she would give you the itch?
    A. A nettle.
    Q. Around the house and in the house and never touches the house?
    A. A lazy woman.
    Q. What is it that a horse can't pull?
    A. A well
    Q. Hink, Hank, under the (?), ten drawn (four?)?
    A. A woman milking a cow.
    Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    A. Because she can't look under it.
    Q. I came the patch, I went the patch, I carried the path upon my back?
    A. A man carrying a ladder.
    Q. Riddle me, riddle me, and o, my Father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that (against?) Saturday night?
    A. Ink on paper.
    Q. Around the wood and in the wood and never touches the wood?
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. Up and down, up and down, never touches the sky nor the ground?
    A. A handle of a pump.
    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
    John J. O' Rourke
    Gender
    Male