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School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

Location:
Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 090

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    first? - Her breath.
    Why is a "cottage" loaf like a cross man? - Because it is crusty.
    Scrape the haggard in three letters - Hen.
    'Tis black 'tis white, 'tis read all over,
    'Tis sent to France as well as Dover -
    A newspaper.
    A house full and a room full and you couldn't take a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    What is it flies in the air has no legs and wears boots? - A football.
    I have a little house and a mouse wouldn't fit in it and all the men in London couldn't count all the windows in it. - A thimble.
    What is ti that God can't do? - Catch a bald man by the hair of the head.
    When is the moon not hungry? - When it is full.
    What do you see people drink soup with?
    Your eyes.
    As black as ink, as white as milk and hops on the road like hailstones - A magpie.
    What makes more noise than a pig at the gate? Two pigs.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Caplice
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graigue, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr John Caplice
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Graigue, Co. Cork