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School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire

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Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Créigh
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    What goes between two woods and returns between two waters?
    A person bringing water in two pails.
    Ink, ank under a bank ten drawing four?
    A person milking a cow.
    What is the lighest county in Ireland?
    Cork.
    What always walks with it's head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    What goes away above the ground and returns under it?
    A person with sods on his head.
    What's full and holds more?
    A pot of potatoes when you pour in water.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches,
    Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?
    A cabbage.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    The bark of the trees.
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    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
    Seán Ó Dálaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Park, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Pádraig Ó Dálaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Park, Co. Waterford