School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

Location:
Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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    lick it)
    (6) Hink, hank under a bank ten drawing four?
    (A Woman milking a cow)
    (7) What is the biggest verse?
    (The Uni Verse)
    (8)What fruit is always on a penny?
    (A Date)
    (9) Use me well and I'm everybody, scratch my back and I'm bnobody. What is it? (A Mirror)
    (10) Long legs, crooked thighs, little head, and no eyes?
    (A tongs)
    (11) It is in the rock, it is not in the stone, it is in the marrow, but it is not in the bone.
    (The letter R)
    (12) What is the difference between a cat and a comma? (One has its claws at the end of his paws, and the other has its pause at the end of its clause)
    (13) If a man raised a dozen acres of wheat in dry weather, what did he raise in wet weather?
    (His umbrella)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    null
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
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    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male