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School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)

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Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Caitlín Knott
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    did I see but Billy Willy Wicker and his tickern - ticker and I called for my mother to hunt. Billy Willy Wicker and his tickern - ticker.
    Ans. Sow and a letter of pigs.
    What went into the wood and out of the wood and never touched the wood.
    Ans. A knife in a man's pocket.
    Why does a hen go over the road?
    Ans. Because he cannot go under it.
    Four sticks standers! Four diddly anders! Two huckers, two puckers and a wagger.
    Ans. A cow.
    Little Jenny Huddle sitting in a puddle with a green dress and a white slip.
    Ans. rush.
    What goes round the house dragging into puddings after it.
    Ans. a hen and a flock of chickens.
    Long legs! short thighs, little head and no eyes.
    Ans. Tongs.
    Why is a bird like a penny!
    Ans. because it has a head on one side and a tail on the other side.
    I went up the road, and went down the road and I brought the on my back.
    Ans. ladder.
    It has neither inside mor outside and it shows light through the house.
    Ans. window.
    Black and white and red all over.
    Ans. newspaper
    As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leslie Knott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardrum, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Jim Mc Goldrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    20
    Address
    Ardrum, Co. Leitrim