School: Bracknagh (2)

Location:
Bracknagh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Mac Giobúin
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  1. What is it that hangs, bears and never blossoms?
    A pot hanger.
    What goes in dry, comes out wet and the longer it's in, the stronger it gets?
    Tea.
    What tree never blossoms?
    An axle-tree.
    There is a bridge in this country, a bridge of great fame, spells backwards and forwards and spells all the same?
    Ardra (Brackna, Co. Offaly).
    What could go up the chimney down and cannot go down the chimney up?
    An umbrella.
    The man that made it did not want it, the man that bought it never used it, and the man that wore it never saw it?
    A coffin.
    What is the longest word you ever heard?
    Smiles, because there is a mile from one 's' to the other.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Hyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonbrock Lower, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Laurence Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonbrock Lower, Co. Offaly