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School: Drumgossatt (C.)

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Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Áine Nic Ghráinne
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    Riddles
    How many sides are on a bucket?
    Two, the inside and the outside.
    Why does a hen pick a bucket?
    Because she cant lick it.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    How far can a dog run into a field?
    As far as the middle and he has to go out the other side.
    What is it that God cannot do?
    Lift a baldy man by the hair of the head.
    The man that made it never wore it
    and the man that wore it never saw
    it?
    A Coffin.
    A bit of wood, a bit of (fire)wire, a little house without a fire?
    A birds cage.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Bridie Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynaglah, Co. Monaghan