School: Baile an Ghaorthaidh, Cluain Meala

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Ballingeary East, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó hAodha
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  1. RIDDLES I HAVE HEARD AT HOME
    [Answers in brackets]
    1. What turns without moving?
    [Milk]
    2. As I went up a steeple, I met three
    Christian people.
    They were neither men, women, or
    children.
    What were they?
    [A man, woman, and child.]
    3. Why does a hen pick a pot?
    [Because she cannot lick it]
    4. Why does a cow look over a fence? [Because she could not look under it.]
    5. When is a horse not a horse?
    [When he is turned into a field.]
    6. When is a black dog not a black
    dog?
    [When it is a greyhound.]
    7. A little red heifer hanging on a wall,
    drinks all she can and eats nothing
    at all.
    [A lamp.]
    8. What is the best butter in the world?
    [A good hefty goat.]
    9. Patch upon patch without any
    stitches,
    riddle me that and I’ll give you boy
    breeches.
    [A head of cabbage.]
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Husseystown, Co. Tipperary