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School: Easgéiphtine (C.) (roll number 2040)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Who wears the biggest hat?
    A. The person with the biggest head.
    Q. What is the most likely vegetable to be found in a ship?
    A. A leek, (leak)
    Q. Cut off a bit to make it long.
    A. A grave.
    Q. As I went up a slippery gap I saw a ting rolled up in a sop. It was neither fish, flesh, feather or bone, and in three weeks time it walked alone.
    A. An egg.
    Q. What is the difference between a husband and a rejected lover?
    A. One kisses the Mrs., and the other misses the kisses.
    Q. What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison?
    A. One can't see to go out and the other can't go out to see.
    Q. What turns without moving?
    A. Milk.
    Q. When was beef highest?
    A. When the cows jumped over the moon.
    Q. As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, all the men in Ireland couldn't dig it up.
    A. A well.
    Q. Gennie with the white gown, Gennie with the red nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows?
    A. A candle.
    Q. What is it that is brought to the table, cut, but never eaten?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pupils of Askeaton Girls' N. S.