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School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Anraoi Musgrave
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    Information Collected from Mr. Tim Scanlan.
    1 Under the fire and over the fire and it never touches the fire
    Ans:- A cake in an over.
    2 I threw it up a ball of white and it came down a ball of yellow.
    Ans:- An egg.
    3 Through a ruck,
    Through a reel,
    Through an old spinning wheel,
    Through a horse's shin-bone
    Riddle me that and leave me alone.
    Ans:- A cannon ball going through the field of battle.
    4 The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it.
    Ans:- A coffin
    5 What part of the cow goes over the ditch first?
    Ans:- Her breath
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    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
    Informant
    Mr Tim Scanlan
    Gender
    Male