School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Rahan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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- What is it that has four legs and can not walk
Ans A chair?
What is it that can go up the chimney down down but can not come down the chimney up?
Ans An umbrella
What is the difference between a master and a stamp?
Ans One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick
- Collector
- Maura Mc Court
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Mac Court
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- In the nights people gather round the fireside putting riddles to one another. These are a few of the riddles which they tell by the fireside now.
Four ladies thin and tall one in duty for them all one goes in and the other goes out and still they all goes round about.?
A set of knitting needles in a stocking.
What is it that is no good unless it is broken.?
Ans An Egg.
As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the ground like hail-stone.?
Ans A Magpie(continues on next page)
