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School: Ballyuskill (C.), Ballyragget

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Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Mary Power
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The half of a harrow the whole of a ring a ton for a horse a man's name it may bring.
    Ans. Harrington.
    Why is Cork the smallest town
    Ans. Because it can fit in a bottle.
    What county is like a candle burnt out.
    Ans. Wicklow.
    Headed like a thimble tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that.
    Ans. A pipe.
    What is it that a man makes and the man that makes it cannot wear it.
    Ans. A coffin.
    I went the path I came the path I carried the path upon my back.
    Ans. A ladder.
    What walks with its head down
    Ans. A nail in your boot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr M. Whyte
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlemarket, Co. Kilkenny