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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 214

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    and yet is never eaten
    A: Playing cards.
    Q: What goes up a ladder with their heads turned down
    A: Nails in a man's boot
    Q: Round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night
    A: The besom
    Q: Two dead men fighting. Two blind men looking on. Two cripples running for the police. And two dummies shouting "hurry on"
    A: A lie
    Q: What is it that had a beginning but never will have an end
    A: The God Man
    Q: What is it that God can't see, the King and Queen seldom see it and we see it every day
    A: His equal
    Q: What is it that can't go up the chimney down and can't come down the chimney up
    A: An umbrella
    Q: Why is it a beggarman wears a short coat
    A: Because it will be long enough before
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim