School: Newtown (roll number 3275)
- Location:
- Creevagh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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- (continued from previous page)Told by:Patrick Corbally, Piercetown, Ardee, Co. Louth.A Collection of Riddles.4. Four stick standers, four diddle anders, two lookers and a whip about: a cow.
A naughty thing, a thorny thing, a grand suit of green the bishop could not wear it neither could the Queen? Holly.
What turns but never moves? Milk.
What fish never lives in water? Selfish.
A little wood, a little wire, a little house and no fire? A cage.
What is it that gets bigger the more you take from it? A grave.
A hard working father, an easy going mother, twelve little children as black as another? A clock
I had a little house it would not hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the lord-mayor's house? A thimble.
What is the whyest thing in the house. Why? A clock because it - 2. Four stick standers, four diddle anders, two lookers and a whip about? A cow.
A naughty thing, a thorny thing, a grand suit of green the bishop could not wear it neither could the queen? Holly.
What turns but never moves? Milk.
What fish never lives in water? Selfish.
A little wood a little wire a little house and no fire? A cage.
What is it that gets bigger the more you take from it? A grave.
A hard working father, an easy going mother, twelve little children as black as another? A clock
I had a little house it would not hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the lord-mayor's house? A thimble.
What is the shyest thing in the house. Why? A clock because it(continues on next page)- Collector
- Fidelma Dillon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Footstown Little, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Footstown Little, Co. Meath