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School: Blessington

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Blessington, Co. Wicklow
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Séamus Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 196

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    Q. What is always running and has no legs
    A. Water
    Q. What has two legs and cannot walk?
    A. A man's trousers.
    Q. What is full and holds more?
    A. A pot of potatoes when you pour more water in.
    Q. What weight is the moon?
    A. Four quarters.
    Q. Why does a woman look up at the moon?
    A. Because there is a man in it.
    Q. What goes up when the rain comes down?
    A. An umbrella.
    Q. A house full a room full and could not catch a spoonful?
    A. Smoke.
    Q. How would you get from her to Dover?
    A. Cross off the D and you are over.
    Q. If a farmer raises his crops in summer what will he raise in winter?
    A. His umbrella.
    Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church, steeple and all.
    A. The Sun.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Agnes Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crosscool-harbour, Co. Wicklow