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School: Doire Gualann (roll number 14979)

Location:
Derrygoolin North, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Tórpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0328

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  1. Riddles

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    List of riddles I have heard locally.
    No.1 As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man.
    Answer: A Penny
    No.2: Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Answer: Because she cannot lick it.
    No. 3: When did Moses sleep with fire in a bed?
    Answer: When he slept with his forefathers.
    No.4: Out of a roomful, you cannot take a spoonful.
    Answer: Smoke
    No.5: Why is the summer sun like a silver sixpence
    Answer: Because it is a tanner.
    No.6: As I went up a hill, I met my uncle Davy. I cut off his head and it left his body easy.
    Answer: A head of cabbage.
    7. Which is the white goose or the grey goose the gander?
    Answer: Neither of them.
    8. Why does a cow jump over the fence.
    Answer: Because she cannot go under it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Greta Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrygoolin South, Co. Galway