School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Little Jenny with the red nose
    the longer she sits, the shorter she grows?
    A lighted candle.
    Why does a hen cross a road?
    to get to the other side
    What grows bigger, the more
    you take from it?
    A grave
    A little house fullof meat
    and there is not a window
    or a door that I can get in
    to eat?
    An egg
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    The senior class
    Informant
    Riddles from their parents