School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

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   stares up steps.
   No. 15—When is a Clock dangerous on Stairs?
   Answer—When she runs down.
   No. 16—Paddy Pody, wee black body,
   Three feet and an iron bonnet?
   Answer—A Pot.
   No. 17—Long legs, short thighs,
   Wee head, and no eyes?
   Answer—A Tongs.
   No. 18—What goes round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every hole?
   Answer—A Hail-Shower.
   No. 19—Neither fish nor flesh, blood nor bone,
   In three weeks it will walk alone?
   Answer—An egg under a clucking hen.
   No. 20—She is round a bright and small,
   yet she can jump over the highest wall?
   Answer—The Moon.
   No. 21—If ten men left Donegal coming towards Stranolar, and ten men left Stranolar going towards Donegal, at what time would these men pass eachother?
   Answer—Ten past ten.
   No. 22—It would beat the bull, it would

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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