School: Corlis

Location:
Corlis, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs O' Reilly
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    Q. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns for its master many a pound.?
    A. A violin.
    Q Twenty four white cows standing in a hall up comes a red one and licks them all.
    A. Your tongue licking your teeth.
    Q. What goes round the house and round the house and leaves a loaf in every window?
    A. Snow.
    Q. What always covers its face with its hands?
    A. The clock.
    Q. What is always behind time?
    A. The back of the clock
    Q. Black, and white, and red all over.
    A. The newspaper.
    Q. What has teeth and no mouth?
    A. A comb.
    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 Robinson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumgoon, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr John Robinson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Drumgoon, Co. Cavan