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School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 254

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Why are stocking like mice?
    A. They run into holes quickly.
    Q. Chip, chop, cherry, all the men in Derry would not climb it up?
    A. Smoke.
    Q. Three feet in the air, two feet on the ground, the head of the live man in the mouth of the dead man?
    A. A man with a pot on his head.
    Q. What is always behind time?
    A. The back of the clock.
    Q. If a cwt of coal costs 10/- what would a ton come to?
    A. Ashes.
    Q. What runs fast without legs?
    A. A river.
    Q. Why does a donkey eat thistles?
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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
    Eilís Ní Siurdáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corradrehid, Co. Roscommon