School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

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   It wears a green ribbon on every side?
   Answer—A Road.
   No. 7—Iron heels and iron toes,
   She is the lady can frighten the crows?
   Answer—A Gun.
   No. 8—Blue, and red, and green all over?
   Answer—A Rainbow.
   No. 9—When is a horse not a horse?
   Answer—When he is turned into a field.
   No. 10—I have a wee cricket,
   It sits in my pocket,
   It eats neither corn nor hay?
   Answer—A Watch.
   No. 11—As round as an apple,
   As sharp as a lance,
   If you were on the top of it,
   ‘Twould take you to France?
   Answer—The Moon.
   No. 12—When was mutton highest?
   Answer—When the cow jumped over the moon.
   No. 13—A sheet and a handful of crumbs?
   Answer—The Moon and the Stars.
   No. 14—What is the difference between a man going upstairs and a man looking upstairs?
   Answer—One steps upstairs and the other

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Anna Mac Crudden

   Address

   Aghaveagh, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Susan Boyce

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   98

   Address

   Aghaveagh, Co. Donegal