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School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)

Location:
Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 073

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    All the water in Ireland would never fill it up?
    A. A strainer.
    Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan. The half of a woman the whole of a man?
    A. A penny.
    Q. What walks with its head down?
    A. A boot nail.
    Q. Why does a clock stop when it falls to the ground?
    A. Because It could not go any forther
    Q. Why does the hen pick the pot?
    A. Because she cannot lick it.
    Q. Why does a cow look over the the wall?
    A. She cannot look under it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Bolger
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykillaboy, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Bolger
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Road worker
    Address
    Ballykillaboy, Co. Kilkenny