School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)

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   Written by Elish Connolly Drimoleague 27th April 1938 Q. What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot A. A carpet Q. As I went up a slippery gap I met my Auntie Mary she had timber toes and iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows. A. A gun. Q. Bridge on the lake without stick or stone. A. Ice Q. I went up the road and down the road and took the road on my back. A. A ladder Q. It is in the meadow and not cut and it is in the shop and not bought A. The rays of the sun. Q. Long legs crooked thighs short head and no eyes. A. A tongs

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eilish Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromdaleague, Co. Cork

2. Riddles

   

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   Written by Anna Kingston, Derrygrea

   Q. Tell me if you can who is that highly gifted man though he marries many a wife still lives single all his life
   A. Priest
   Q. The beginning of eternity the end of space and time the beginning of every end and the end of every line
   The letter E
   Q. What town in Ireland is spelled backwards and forwards the same
   A. Navan

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