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School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)

Location:
Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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    Through and old cow's udder,
    Through a horse's skin bone,
    Riddle me this, and I will give you a pint?
    Thunder and lightning.
    What is the cause of many tears?
    Onion
    What turns without moving?
    Buttermilk.
    What is worse than a pig at the door?
    Two pigs.
    Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
    Because it is gone out of your head.
    What goes up a ladder with its head down.
    A nail in your boot.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met a man with a red cap and a stone in his belly and if you tell me that you will be a good girl?
    A haw.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb over churches and over steeple and all?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Darragh, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Morgan Mc Inerney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyea, Co. Clare