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School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

Location:
Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    If a horses head points to the north, where does his tail point?
    To the ground.
    Black within and black without and many thing goes in and out?
    An oven.
    If King Cong died what would they put over his coffin?
    The lid.
    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
    Mary Gillespie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killea, Co. Derry
    Informant
    Cissie Sheils
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killea, Co. Derry