School: Kilmacowen (roll number 14441)
- Location:
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)(26) "What has a face and cannot see?"
Ans. A Clock.
(27) "What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen?"
Ans. Time to get a new one.
(28) "Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire".
Ans. A covered cake with a fire on the lid.
(29) "Did you ever see a deer with horns?"
Ans: No it was with your eyes you saw him.
(3) "A little man standing in a field, when you pull his leg his nose will bleed."
Ans: A water pump.
(31) "As round as an apple as flat as a pan, on one side a woman, on the other side a man."
Ans: A penny.
(32) "The more you take from it the bigger it gets."
Ans: A Hole in the ground.
(33) "If you had a match, a fire and a candle to light, what would you light first."
Ans: The match.
(34) "How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog"
Ans. Two.
Those riddles are common in Kilmacowen and I have heard them used very often
- Collector
- Michael J. Gilgan
- Gender
- Male
