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  1. Riddles

    CBÉS 0736

    Leathanach 329

    Ans. A brush.
    The great King Edward built a ship an(d) in that ship he placed his daughter an(d) I will be blamed for telling her name an(d) that is three times I have told her name?
    Ans. Ann.
    Humpty, dumpty sat on the wall,
    humpty dumpty got a great fall
    all the King's horses and all the King's men would not pout humpty dumpty together again?
    Ans. An egg.
    You see it come in on the soldiers of men, like the thread of the silk it will leave us again?
    Ans. Turf.
    There is a garden that I ken.
    Full of little gentlemen.
    Little caps of blue they wear.
    And green ribbons very fair.
    Ans. Flax
  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0809

    Leathanach 220

    108
    What time of the day is it when an ass has three quarters of a turnip eaten.
    At a quarter to eight.
    109
    Why is a dogs tale[tail?] so much like the centre of a tree -
    Because it is the furthest from the bark.
    110
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall , all the kings, all the kings men, would not put Humpty Dumpty together again -
    An egg

    111
    As I went up oats hill, oats hill was shaking, there were twenty four little things and they all standing naked, Hind west was foremost and foremost was hind west and they all stone blind.
    A winnowing machine
    112
    A head like a thimble, a tale like a cat, if you were guessing forever you would never guess that -
    A pipe.
  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0859

    Leathanach 359

    Little red Nancy with a little yellow nose. The longer she lives the shorted she grows.
    Answer A candle.
    What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
    Answer One is hard to get up and the other (one) hard to get down.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K
    Answer: That.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    ll the King's horses and men,
    Couldn't stick poor Humpty Dumpty together again. Answer: An egg.
    When can you carry water in a sieve? Answer: When it is ice.
    When do you swallow a door. Answer When you bolt it
  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0902

    Leathanach 185

    Q. Twenty four white horse in a stable, one red- one came up and licked the mall.
    A. Tongue and teeth.
    Q. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the king's horses all the king's men wouldn't draw it up.
    A. A well.
    Q. I went the path, I came the path, I carried a path on my back.
    A. A ladder.
    Q. Around the house and in the house and never touches the house.
    A. A lazy woman.
    Q. Hink, Hank, under the tank, ten drawn four?
    A. A woman milking a cow.
    Q. What is the shyest thing in the world?
    A. A clock.
    Q. Humpty bumpty, on a wall, humpty bumpty got a fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men wouldn't put humpty dumpty together again.
    A. An egg,
  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0909

    Leathanach 536

    each arm how would I get down?
    Answer:- I would pluck them and fly down.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the kings horses and all the kings men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again,
    Answer:- An egg.
    What always walks with its head down?
    Answer:- a nail in your boot.
    As I was going up a hill I met my uncle Bill's long nose, curly toes, and sure enough he'd frightened the crows.?
    Answer:- A gun.
    As I was going out in a guttery gap. I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and drank his blood, and left him lying easy?
    Answer:- A bottle of wine.
    Around the house and round the house and never goes into the house?
    Answer:- A path.
    If a ton of coal cost three pounds what would three ton come to.
    Answer:- Ashes.
  6. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0911

    Leathanach 012

    A collection of riddles
    Chip chip cherry, all the men in Derry would not climb chip chip cherry
    answer: the smoke.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat, you can guess for ever but you will never guess that
    answer: a piper
    Humpty Dumpity sat on a wall, Humpty dumpty had a great fall, 4 score and 4 more could not put Humpty together again.
    Answer: A broken egg
    As thick as a mill shaft as sound as a ring as crooked as a leaping hook and as thin as a pin.
    Answer: Cow
    I had a little sister, she climbed the hills, so high, high and she waded the waters so deep, deep and she had one little bright eye.
    Answer: A star
    got from Mr Luke Foley, Craan
    Bunclody
    Thomas Foley Craan Bunclody
  7. Riddles

    CBÉS 0921

    Leathanach 117

    (13) What is the strongest thing in the world?
    A snail, because he carries his house on his back.
    (14) What man in the army wears the biggest cap?
    The man with the biggest head.
    (15) Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty got a big fall, all the King's horses and all the King's men would not put Humpty Dumpty all right again?
    An egg broken.
    (16) I have a little fellow above in the field and every time I tip him he starts to bleed?
    A pump.
    (17) Why does a hen cross the road?
    To get to the other side.
    (18) Twelve black children, good father and lazy mother?
    A clock.
  8. Riddles

    CBÉS 0938

    Leathanach 304

    Q Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you can't guess that.
    A A pipe
    Q What goes up the chimney down and won't go down the chimney up.
    A An umbrella
    Q As black as ink as white as snow it hops on the road like hailstones.
    A A magpie.
    Q I sat on my hunkers I looked through my winkers and saw the dead burying the live
    A Raking a fire.
    Q My mother sent me to your mother for the loan of the hitic the hatic the round whirly gig if you please man.
    A A churn.
    Q A housefull a roomfull and you couldn't catch a spoonful.
    A Smoke
    Q Humpty dumpty sat on the wall humpty dumpty had a great fall, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again
    A An egg.
    Q It's cut in the wood, it sounds in the town and earns its master many a hound.
  9. Riddles

    CBÉS 0940

    Leathanach 174

    Answer-: Because it stands over six feet.
    What is the difference between a silk stocking and a pulled tooth.
    Answer:- One is too thin and the other is tooth out.
    Tick tack tick tack tick tack too, tick tack the whole day is through.
    Answer-: A Clock.
    Why is a woman darning her stockings a very peculiar thing to see.
    Answer-: Because her hands are where her feet ought to be.
    Humpty, dumpty sat on a wall
    Humpty dumpty got a great fall
    All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again.
    Answer-: An Egg.
    There lives a wee laddy behind the wall he has four feet a small head and no tail at all when he is annoyed he looses is head, feet and all and curls himself up in a ball.
    Answer-: A Hedgehog
  10. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0942

    Leathanach 251

    Jonah in the whale's belly.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again?
    An egg
    How much is this, a halfpenny wet, a halfpenny dry, four pence halfpenny and a halfpenny more a halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before four pence halfpenny and half penny more?
    A shilling.
    Why is a luggage can like a tree?
    Because it is full of trunks.
    When is a ship in love?
    When she is attached to a buoy(boy)
    What fruit is on money?
    Dates.
    As white as snow and snow it isn't as green as grass and grass it isn't, as red as blood and blood it isn't, as black as soot and soot it isn't. What is it?
    A blackberry.
  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0951

    Leathanach 058

    ragged children ran if you tell me how many "R's" is in that, I will call you a clever man. - None.
    What goes up the road with its head down? - A nail in a boot.
    What town can you put in a boot? - Cork.
    He went down between two woods and came back between two water. - A man carrying water from a well.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    All the King's horses and all the King's men could not put Humpty Dumpty back on the wall again.
    - An egg.
    Which of the white goose or the grey goose is the gander? - None of them.
    What side of the mug is the handle on? - The outside.
    Four standers, four dilly danders, two hookess, two crookers, a licker and a swagger. - A cow.
    I went up the road and down the road and then I took the road on my back
  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0954

    Leathanach 247

    46. When is a clock on the stairs dangerous? When it runs down and stricks one.
    47. How does a stove feel when full? Grateful.
    48. Humpty Dumty sat on a wall, humpty had a great fall, all the king's horses, and all his men could not put humpty dumpty to - gether again? An egg.
    49. What goes round the house and a harrow after her.? A hen and flock of chickens.
    50. What is full and holds more.? A pot of potatoes.
    51. What goes up a ladder and its head down.?. A nail in a man's boot.
    52. Why is a train like a blanket?.
    Because it is laid on sleepers.
    53. Silk and Satin, Gold and velvet guess this name twice I've told it.? Ann.
    54 Patches and patches and no stitches, if you tell me this riddle, I'll give you my breeches. A cabbage.
    55 As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, king George and his soldiers could not pull it up. Shadow of moon in well.
    56. Ink ank, under the bank, ten drawing four.?. A man milking a cow.
    57. Why does a hen pick?. Because she can't lick.
  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0959

    Leathanach 054

    in her cap winking. A lamp.
    17. What goes round the house and peeps in on every hole. The Sun.
    18. What goes through the gap and through the gap and leaves a bit of its tail in the trap. A needle and thread.
    19. What goes round the house and lies in the corner at night. The twig.
    20. As I was running a thing I found I hated to get it I looked around for it. If I could get I'd throw it away and when I couldn't get it I had to keep it all day. A thorn.
    21. Whats goes up the road and lifts the road on its back. A step ladder.
    22. Little Miss Neddy cut with a white petticoat and a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows. A candle.
    23. How many cows tails would reach the sky. One if it was long enough.
    24. Four sticks standing, four diddle danders Two lookers two crookers. A licker and a switcher. A cow.
    25. Humpty, dumpty up the wall. Humpty dumpty got a fall. Ten score men and ten score more couldnt put humpty dumpty as it was before. The smoke.
  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0982

    Leathanach 248

    What has a tongue and never speaks. Answer. (a boot)
    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever,
    But you wont guess that.
    Pipe
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    All the kings' horses, all the kings men
    Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again. Answer (an egg).
    A woman said to her daughter, "Rise up for your daughter's daughter has a young daughter. What relation was the speaker to the new born baby.
    The master gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white. What was it.
    Patch upon patches, without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. (A Cabbage Head).
  15. Riddles

    CBÉS 0983

    Leathanach 030

    What clinks and never drinks?
    Answer "A nail in a horses shoe"
    What is the difference between a whipped child and a cloud?
    Answer "One pours out rain and the other roars with pain."
    An old woman went over a field with a red cloak to milk a goat what suddenly happened?
    Answer "The goat began to butter and the woman became a scarlet runner."
    As black as silk as white as milk and hops on the grass like hailstones?
    Answer "A magpie."
    If you got up on a donkey how would you get down?
    Answer "There is no down on a donkey
    If I threw an egg against the wass it would neither break nor fall?
    Answer "The wall wouldnt break nor fall."
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall
    All the kings horses all the kings men
    Couldnt put Humpty Dumpty together again?
    Answer "A broken egg."
    What part of a cow goes into the byre
  16. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0999

    Leathanach 166

    is that?
    A:- Five.
    Q:- What goes round and round the floor and sleeps in the corner at night?
    A:- A broom.
    Q:- What always walks with its head down?
    A:- A nail in the sole of a boot.
    Q:- if a fellow met a fellow in a field of corn, could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many "f's" in that?
    A:- None.
    Q:- Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the King's men could not put Humpty together again?
    A:- A broken egg.
    Q:- Black and white and read (red) all over?
    A:- A newspaper.
  17. Riddles

    CBÉS 1002

    Leathanach 047

    27. What is the shyest thing in the world.
    Ans. A clock because it always keeps its hands before its face.
    28. Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
    Ans. Gap.
    29. Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters.
    Ans. Fox.
    30. Twenty four white cows and a big red one in the middle.
    Ans. Your teeth and tongue.
    31. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, humpty dumpty had a great fall, all the kings horses and all the kings men could not put humpty dumpty together again.
    Ans. An egg.
    32. Little Jenny, Huddle sat in the puddle with a green gown and a yellow cap.
    Ans. A rush
    33. What goes round the house and round the house and lies in the corner at night.
    Ans. A twig.
  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 1084

    Leathanach 132

    19. Jipp - jipp jerry all the men in Derry could not climb jipp - jipp jerry?
    Smoke
    20. A barrel on the strand and its two ends closed?
    An egg.
    21. Humpty Dumpy sat in the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. And all the kings horses could not get Humpty Dumpy together again?
    An egg.
    22. Black with-out and black with-in lift your leg and slip it in?
    A stocking
    24. Long legs, crooked thigh's, small head and no eyes?
    The tongs.
    25. What is black and read all over?
    The Nerwspaper
    26. The Queen of Sheeba had a (boat). Ann on the boat her children sat. Ann these three times I have told you her name. Ann What is her name.
    Ann.
  19. Riddles

    CBÉS 0052

    Leathanach 0170

    you may guess for ever and you couldn't. guess that.
    ans= A pipe.
    35. What goes up and the rain comes down,
    ans= An umbrella
    36. What part of the cow goes out the gap the first
    ans= Her breath.
    37. Who does the King take off his crown for
    ans= The barber
    38. Ink ank. under the bank ten drawn four.
    ans= A woman milking a cow
    39. When does a person think themselves best of ans= When they are at the top of a tree
    40. Little thing, little thing smaller than a mouse it has more windows than a Kings big house.
    ans= A thimble
    41. Humpty dumpty. sat on the wall, humpty dumpty got a great fall all the Kings horses and all the Kings men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again.
    ans= An egg
    42. Four legs one foot and one head.
    ans= A bed.
    43. What talks and never walks
  20. Rhymes

    CBÉS 0078

    Leathanach 176

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