School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Siúracha na Trócaire
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    as a paan the half of a woman the whole of a man?
    A. A penny
    Q. Where did the soldiers go after a great march?
    A. Into April.
    Q. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A A candle lighting.
    Q When is a clock hungry?
    A When it is going to eight.
    Q What is most like a cat looking out a window?
    A A cat looking in a window.
    Q Which is theheaviest, a ton of feathers or a ton of coal?
    A Both are the same weight.
    Q As light as a feather and as high as a house.
    A. Your shadow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Biddy Nash
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shanakyle, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick O Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvadlea, Co. Tipperary