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School: Ferbane (B.)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Long legs, short thighs, little head, and no eyes?
    A tongs.
    What part of a cow goes out in a gap first?
    Her breath. (breadth)
    As I went out a mucky gap I met my uncle Davy. I snagged off his head and drank his blood, and left him lying easy?
    A bottle of porter
    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
    James Brazil
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrica More, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Charles Brazil
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrica More, Co. Offaly