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School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber

Location:
Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Máire Galvin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 161

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    Q- What is the difference between a blacksmith and a reliable horse?
    A - One is a horse shoer the other is a sure horse.
    Q - When is a candle angry?
    A - When it flares up
    Q- A messenger from house to house and he is out at night?
    A - A road.
    Q - Why is a black hen better than a white hen?
    A - Because a black hen is able to lay a white egg, but a white hen is not able to lay a black egg.
    Q- As I went out in younder gap I met my uncle David. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy?
    A- A bottle of whiskey.
    Q - Black and white and red all over?
    A - A paper
    Q - Patch upon patch without stitches, riddle me that and i'll give you a britches.
    A - A cabbage.
    Q - How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog?
    A - Two feet (the shepherds).
    Q - Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you could guess for ever, but you wouldn't
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Róisín Ní Liatháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly