School: Ardagh (roll number 15035)
- Location:
- Ardagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: L. Ó Maolghuala
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- Riddle:- As I went out in yonder gap I met my uncle Davis.
I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
Answer:- A blackberry
Riddle:- Why does a hen pick a pot?
Answer:- Because she cannot lick it.
Riddle:- A little white woman with a long red nose the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Answer:- A Candle
Riddle:- A riddlem a riddlem mo rushen how many potatoes make a brooken?
Answer:- As many as you have butter for.
Riddle:- Why does a dog wag his tail?
Answer:- Because his tail cannot wag him.
Riddle:- Trick, Train, Traffic, which was the bitch?
Answer:- Which.
Riddle:- London, Derry , Cork and Kerry spell me that without a h.
Answer:- That
Riddle:- Up Giph chop gerry down giph chop gerry all the men in London Derry would not climb giph chop gerry.
Answer:- Smoke
Riddle:- I ran until I got it when I got it I didn't want it so I couldn't get it when I sat down to look for it I had to bring it home.
Answer:- A thorn
Riddle: Why does a horse look across a wall?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Lissanisky, Co. Longford