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School: Baile Máirtín, Muine Beag

Location:
Ballymartin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 550

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    9. Why does a cow dribble?
    Because she can't spit
    10. The nearest to you, everyone can
    see it but yourself what is it?
    The back of your head.
    11. If you got up on an elephant in Dublin where would you get down?
    On a goose's back
    12. Its in the rock-its not in the stone. It's in the marrow-it's not in the bone. It's in the church-it's not in the steeple. It's in the churchyard among all the dead people. What is it?
    The letter R
    13. In comes three legs and left down one leg-Over goes two legs and sits down upon three legs. In came four legs, runs away with one leg, Up gets two fires three legs after five legs to bring back one leg: what is it?
    A leg of mutton.
    14. What is it that has two eyes that cannot see, two ears that cannot hear, and four legs that cannot
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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
    Richard Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballymartin, Co. Carlow