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School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

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Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    6. As round as an apple as plump as a ball, it climbs over churches and steeples and all.?
    Ans:- The sun.
    7. When is a cow not a cow.?
    Ans:- When she is turned into a meadow.
    8. Forty sheep went in a gap, forty more went after that, six and seven twice eleven, three and two, how much is that.?
    Ans:- five.
    9. When is a cook very angry.?
    Ans:- when beating eggs and whipping cream.
    10. What living creature goes to bed with his shoes on.?
    Ans:- A horse.
    11. Which man in the army wears the biggest cap.?
    Ans:- The man with the biggest head.
    12. What kind of fish does a man out of work want.?
    Ans:- A plaice. (place).
    13. What is it that has many eyes yet its always blind.?
    Ans:- a potato.
    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
    Donal Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork