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School: Corraslira

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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles Heard Locally (continued)

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    5. What fish does a married woman like best?
    Her ring herring.
    6. Look a me well and I am everybody,
    Wash off my back and I am nobody.
    A looking glass.
    7. What is the lightest county in Ireland?
    County Down.
    8. How many cows's tails would reach the moon?
    One if it was long enough.
    9. What is full of pains and never feels them?
    A window.
    10. What is full of holes and yet holds water?
    A sponge.
    11. What is it that everyone has, and that always has its hands on its hands face?
    A watch.
    12. What is the highest mountain in the world?
    A rainbow.
    13. Why does a hen pick the pot?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    14. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    Because 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
    Thomas Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Paddy Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon