School: Coill na Leac

Location:
Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac Geibheannaigh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Chip, chip, cherry, all the men in Derry could not climb up chip, chip, cherry.
    Answer - The smoke.
    Ten men's length, ten men's strength, ten men cannot tear it and a little boy can run away with it.
    Answer - A rope.
    Hairy in, hairy out, hairy into hairy's mouth.
    Answer - A sock being put on.
    What sleeps with its hands on its face.
    Answer - A watch.
    What walks with its head down.
    Answer - A nail in a boot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman the other a man.
    Answer - A Penny.
    Two black men and a white man went for a drive in a car, the two black men ate the white man, what was the number of the car.
    Answer - 281.
    Twenty six (sick) sheep one of them died how many were left.
    Answer - 19 sick sheep.
    The beginning of Eternity, the end of time and space, and the end of every place.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Masterson
    Gender
    Female