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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Tulach

Location:
Tulla, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Lorcán
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    052
    Q.Ink,Hank,under a bank,ten drawing four.
    A.A person milking a cow.
    Q.What is it a car has,it do not want it,still it cannot go without it.
    A.Noise
    Q.What goes from here to Ennis without moving
    A.The road.
    Q.What goes round with with their heads down.
    A.Nails on a boot.
    Q.What do you see people drinking soup with?
    A.With your eyes.
    Q.What is like half the moon
    A.The other half.
    Q.What man in parliment
    wears the biggest hat
    A.The man with the biggest head.
    Q.How many sticks goes to build a crows nest.
    A.None ,they are all carried.
    Q.As round as a griddle,as flat as a pan half of a woman ,the whole of a man.
    A.A penny.
    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
    Máire Ní Áilpín
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tulla, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Pádraig Ó Bailtin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Tulla, Co. Clare