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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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    Q. What walks on its head?
    A. The nails in your boots.
    Q. The man that makes it never wears it, the man that wears it never sees it.
    A. A coffin.
    Q. As black as soot, as white as snow, it hops on the ground like hailstones.
    A. A magpie.
    Q. When is a showmaker dying?
    A. When he is preparing his sole for the last.
    Q. What is taken from you before you get it?
    A. Your photograph.
    Q. Betty inside the ditch, Betty outside the ditch, if you go near Betty she will bite you.
    A. A nettle.
    Q. What is put on the table, cut, but never eaten?
    A. A pack of cards.
    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
    B. Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    O'Rahilly Street, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Paddy O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Friar Street, Co. Tipperary