School: Cnoc Machan, Bun Machan

Location:
Ballynasissala, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Fhaoláin; Bríd Ní Mhathúna
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  1. 1 What would make more noise than a pig at a gate,
    Answer Two pigs.
    2 When is a man not a man When he turns into a field.
    Q. I went up the borheen and I carried the borheen on my back.
    Answer, A ladder.
    Q. Its over water and under the water and never tips the water.
    Ans, The sun.
    Q. I went up the borheen and down the borheen and I carried the borheen on my. back.
    Anser, A Ladder.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lil Ní Dubhain
    Gender
    Female