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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 024

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    standers, two hookers, two crookers and a fly beater? A cow.
    Ink - ank, under a bank, ten drawing four? A woman milking a cow.
    Riddle me, riddle me, the farmer's fiddle, alive at the two ends, and dead in the middle? A man ploughing.
    How many sticks would go to a bird's nest? None, they have to be brought to it.
    If I built a wall from here to Donegal what height would it be? The height of nonsense.
    How many cows' tails would reach a rainbow? One if it was long enough.
    Why do you go to bed? Because the bed would not come to me.
    Forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog, how many feet were there?
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    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
    Sarah Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Martin Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly