School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)

Location:
Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Riain
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    "As sharp as a needle all covered with gold and in America it never grows?"
    A furze bush.
    "As I was standing by a wall
    A little man came and gave me a call.
    His head was flesh and his mouth was horn.
    And such a man was never born?"
    A Cock Crowing.
    "I put my fingers in her eyes.
    She bites every bite she follows.
    But no bite she swallows?"
    A Scissors.
    "What is it the more you take out of it the larger it becomes?"
    A grave.
    "What is the largest room in the world?
    The room for improvement
    "My back and my stomach are wood. My sides well cased with leather. I have a steel face and a brass nose?
    Bellows.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Folktales index
    AT0927: Out‑riddling the Judge
    Language
    English