School: Clochar na Trócaire, Sligeach

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Sligo, Co. Sligo
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An tSiúir Aibhistín
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    how long would it take to dig a whole hole?"
    You could not dig a half whole because it would be a hole.
    "If Anna Mai Wong killed King Kong what would be on the coffin?"
    The lid.
    "I know a little house not the size of a mouse and it has a hundred windows in it?"
    A Thimble.
    "If you had to light the Gas and a cigarette and you had only one match, which would you light first?"
    The Match.
    Those riddles I knew myself since I was very small. Some of them were told to me by my school pals.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Harkin
    Gender
    Female