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School: Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan

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    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side woman and the other side a man?
    A penny.
    As black as ink and ink it is not, as white as milk and milk it is not. It hops o the road like a marble stone and a marble stone, and yet a marble stone it is not?
    A magpie.
    what goes through the wood and never tops the wood?
    A knife in a man's pocket.
    What is the difference between a dead horse and a dead police man?
    The dead police man gives up swearing oaths and the dead horse gives up eating oats.
    How far can a dog run into a wood?
    Half ways in and half out.
    Breda McGillivray
    Told to me by my father, mr. A. Mc Gillivray, 4 High St., Balbriggan.
    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
    Breeda Mc Gillivray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr A. Mc Gillivray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balbriggan, Co. Dublin