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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A: One if it is big enough
    Q: What part of the cow touches the wood first?
    A: Her breath
    Q: If three men ate six potatoes what would be the number of their car?
    A: 386
    Q: What word by taking the first letter from it would make you sick?
    A: Music
    Q: Riddle me riddle me ruutin how many potatoes goes to a buutin
    A: One if it is long enough
    Q: Black and white and red all over
    A: The Newspaper
    Q: What stands outside the wood and eats inside
    A: A pig eating out of a trough
    Q: Black and white went up the hill, black came back and white stood still
    A: A black hen laid an egg
    Q: If you were up in a house and fell down what would you fall against
    A: Your will
    Q: Twenty four bullocks tied to a stall up came a red one and licked them all
    A: Your tongue licking your teeth
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    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
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim