School: Tobar (C.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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    Why does a hen pick a pot
    Because she cant lick it.
    Why does a hen cross a road
    To get to the other side
    I'm found in the cottage as well as the house in the head of an Eagle and the tail of a mouse in the garden. I am found but I'm never in the ground, once in one and twice in three so now you'll tell a name for me.
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    Why does a cow look over a hedge
    Because she can look under it
    What is it the train has doesn't want and cant go without
    Noise
    Why is Ireland like a bottle of wine
    Because it has a Cork in it
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Connor
    Gender
    Female