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School: Garbally, Banagher

Location:
Garbally, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Ryder
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 033

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What would make more noise at a door thatn one pig.
    Two.
    As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the half of a woman the whole of a man.
    A penny.
    Fire under it, fire over it,
    An over.
    A little wood, a little wise, a little house without a fire.
    A cage.
    Twenty sheep went out a gap, a shepherd and his dog, how many feet was that.
    Two.
    Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died, how many came back.
    Nineteen.
    Why does a girl look up at the moon,
    Because there is a man in it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garbally, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Kieran Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Garbally, Co. Offaly