School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 030
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- 1.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the king's army couldn't take it up? Answer, A well.
2.
As I went up a slippery gap. I met a man, I cut off his head, and drank his blood and left his body standing? Answer, A bottle of whiskey.
3.
Two white ladies dressed in white they both got fever, and died last night? Answer, Two candles.
4.
There were four crows in a field, three flew away, and a man shot one, how many were left? Answer, The dead one.
5.
How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog? Answer, Two.
6.
All patches and no stitches
Riddle me that and I will give you my britches? Answer, A head of cabbage.
7.
Under and over the fire and never touches the fire? Answer, A cake in an oven.
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What goes in and out through(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jerry O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork
