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School: Durrus, Bantry (roll number 13023)

Location:
Durrus, Co. Cork
Teacher:
L. Blennerhassett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0285, Page 162

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  1. Riddles and Answers (continued)

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    When does two and two make more than four?
    When they are placed together they make twenty two.
    Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.
    How many sticks go to make a cross nest. None - The crow carries them.
    How many strokes does a well driven nail need? None when it is well driven.
    Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire? A cake in an oven.
    Why does a bird fly over a mountain? Because it cannot fly under it.
    Where was there first nail struck in the ark? In the head.
    A whitethorn tree being thirty feet tall, how many square inches in branches and all? Answer is unknown.
    What is as crooked as a river? It's banks.
    How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog? Two feet.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susannah Jane Pyburn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Pyburn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunbeacon, Co. Cork