School: Scoil Mhuire (B.)
- Location:
- Skull, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Raghallaigh
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Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes.
A TongsAs I was walking through a field of wheat, I met a thing without any feet, I picked it up and brought it home, and kept it until it walked alone.
An EggWhat part of a cow goes out the gap the first?
Her BreathAs I went through the field of wonder, I saw twenty-four bulldogs tearing the hill assunder.
A HarrowWhat walks with its head down?
A nail in a boot.What is the smallest bridge in the world?
The bridge of your noseThrough a rock, through a reel,
Through an old spinning wheel,
Through a basin full of matter,
Through an old sheep's throttle,
Through a horse's skin and bone,
and such a riddle was never known(continues on next page)