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School: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris

Location:
Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Michael Ó Seachnasaigh
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    What is the shyest thing in the world?
    Answer:- a clock, because it always has its hands on its face.
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    How many feet have forty sheep, a Shepherd and his dog? Answer:- two feet.
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    What is under the fire and over the fire and yet it never touches the fire? Answer:- A cake in a pan.
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    Patch upon patch without any stitch?
    Answer:- A head of cabbage.
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    Little red nancy has a little red nose, the longer she stands the shorter she grows?
    Answer-: a candle.
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    What wont go up the chimney up nor down the chimney up, but it will go up the chimney down and it will go down the chimney down.?
    Answer:- an umbrella.
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    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    Answer:- An umbrella.
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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
    Mary Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow