School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   218. What stick does not grow in the wood?
   (a candlestick)
   219.A little red cow tied to the wall; she eats all she gets but gives nothing at all
   (fire)
   220.It's in the place wherever women be
   And in the place wherever geese may be
   (Noise)
   221.Why is Ireland compared to a bottle of whiskey?
   (Because there is a cork in it)
   222. What three letters in the alphabet would you prefer?
   (A,Y, Z ---a wise head)
   223.As I went up the road I met it. I sat down to look for it. If I got it I would not bring it, and if I did not see it I would bring it.
   ( A thorn in my foot)
   224.Why isn't your nose 12 inches long?
   (Because then it would be a foot)
   225.It has neither body or bones, is neither fish nor flesh; it carries legs but has none.
   ( A bicycle)
   226.Why is a salty herring like a raincoat?
   (Because it keeps you dry)
   227.What does the biggest fish woman in Dublin weigh?
   (A fish)
   228.Which river is most like a fish when you reverse it?
   ( The river Lee)

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Cléirigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Annefield, Co. Mayo