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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

Location:
Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 139

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  1. Riddles (continued)

    “Riddle - Ink, ank, under the bank...”

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    A. Two pigs squealing under a gate.
    R. What is dead in the middle and alive at each end?
    A. A man ploughing.
    R. What has three legs and no neck?
    A. A three-legged pot
    R. In comes two legs, carrying one leg
    Two legs puts one leg into three legs
    In comes four legs, and picks up one leg
    Up jumps two legs, and picks up three legs
    Out goes four legs, and drops one leg
    On comes two legs, picks up one leg
    And puts it into three legs.
    A. "Two legs" is a woman, "one" leg" is a leg of mutton, "four legs" is the dog, and "three legs" is "three-legged pot.
    R. As I was goin' through a gap
    I met me Uncle Davy
    I cut off his head and drank his blood
    And I left him lyin' aisy
    A. A bottle of whisky.
    R. Twenty-six (sick) sheep went out through a gap
    One died. How many came back?
    A. Nineteen
    R. I have a little sister
    She lives in a ditch
    If you go near her
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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
    Denis Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappanrush, Co. Laois