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School: Ballymackney (roll number 5501)

Location:
Ballymackney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 177

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A. A man milking a cow
    Q. As I went up Tara hill, Tara hill was shaking he said he was more afraid of a cock and a hen than all King Georges men
    A. A worm
    Q. When a cow go's out in a gap what part of her go's out first
    A. Her breath
    Q. What will hold the full of it again when it is full
    A. A pot of potatoes with water on them
    Q. Not baptized at one end baptized at the other and dead at the middle
    A. A man ploughing
    Q. What keeps its head always down
    A. A nail in a mans boot
    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
    Mary Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Coolaha, Co. Monaghan