School: Ballyhaise

Location:
Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Thos. Plunkett
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    Question: Ridde me Riddle me Randy row my father gave me seeds to sow the seeds were black the ground was white riddle me that and I will give you a pint.
    Answer: Pen, ink and paper
    Question: Patches up on patches and no stitches
    Answer: A head of cabbage
    Got from: Mosie Ebbit, Knockfad, Ballyhaise, age 70 years
    Philomena Mulligan, Knockfad, Ballyhaise, Age 13 years 17th February 1938
    Question: What was the last animal to leave the Ark
    Answer: The Elephant. Because he had to wait to pack his trunk
    Question: Why can a man see more with one eye than a man with two eyes.
    Answer: Because he can see two eyes in your head and you can only see one in his.
    Question: What's cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound
    Answer: A fiddle
    Question: What tree bears the most fruit to the market
    Answer: The axle tree
    Question: I went into the wood and got it I sat down
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Question: What was the last animal to leave the Ark
    Answer: The Elephant. Because he had to wait to pack his trunk
    Question: Why can a man see more with one eye than a man with two eyes.
    Answer: Because he can see two eyes in your head and you can only see one in his.
    Question: What's cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound
    Answer: A fiddle
    Question: What tree bears the most fruit to the market
    Answer: The Axle tree
    Question: I went into the wood and got it I sat down
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Dennin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Cavan