School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   “Q Forty sheep went out in a gap...”

   

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   Q. Twenty-four white cows standing in a stall. Up came a red bull and over-licked them all? Your tongue and your teeth. Q. What part of a cow goes into the house first? Her breath. Q. What is most like half the moon ? The other half. Q. Where was Moses when the light went out ? In the dark. Q. I have a little sister, she sits by the wall. She eats all she gets and drinks none at all ? A fire. Q. When was beef at the highest ? When the cow jumped over the moon. Q. When did the blind man see ? When he took up the cup and saucer (saw sir) Q. If there was an elephant hanging over a cliff with his tail tied to a daisy, what height would he be from the ground ? The height of nonsense. Q. If it takes a yard of calico to make a jacket for a jackass how much castor oil would it take to physic an elephant ? A dose. Kathleen Phelan, Ockanroe, Ballyfin.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Phelan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ockanaroe, Co. Laois