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School: Banagher (B.)

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Banagher, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Maoilchéire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 417

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  1. Old Riddles (continued)

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    Q. As I went out a slippery sloppery gap, I met a young boy with a red cap, a stick in his hand, a stone in his stomach; riddle me and I will give you a penny.
    A. A cherry.
    Q. All patches no stitches, riddle me that and I will give you my breeches.
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q. Eats all it gets and drinks nothing?
    A. A fire.
    Q. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
    A. The bridge of your nose.
    Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
    A. Because she can't lick it.
    Q. How is a donkey compared to a stamp?
    A. You give the donkey a lick of a stock, and you give the stamp a lick of your tongue.
    Q. A man went down the street with twelve patches on his breeches, what time was it?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Schoolboys