School: Ballyhogue

Location:
Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs. Margaret Cahill
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  1. Q. Up and down, up and down, never touches the sky nor the ground?
    A. A handle of a pump.
    Q. I know a thing that is white and black and red all over?
    A. Newspaper
    Q. I know a thing that goes around the house all day and sleeps in its head in the corner?
    A. A broom.
    Q. A house full, a room full, you could not catch a spoon full?
    A. Smoke.
    Q, What is the shyest thing in the world?
    A. A Clock, because it has its hands over its face.
    Q. Hink, hank, under the bank, ten drawn four?
    A. A woman milking a cow.
    Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the head of a women, the whole of a man?
    A. A penny.
    Q. Twenty six sheep went out in a gap one died how many were left?
    A. 25 left.
    Q. Round and round the world and never touches the world
    A. Moon.
    Q. When is a horse not a horse?
    A. When he is turned into a paddock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Long
    Gender
    Male