School: Lisball
- Location:
- Lios Balla, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Doherty
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- Old Riddles
1. What has two eyes and cannot see?
a bridge.
2. What is full and holds more?
A pot of potatoes.
3. What goes from house to house and stops at night?
A lane.
4. 20 sick sheep went out on a gap nineteen died, how many came back?
One.
5. Tink Tank on the bank, ten drawing four?
Milking a cow.
6. What county in Ireland reminds you off a candle nearly burnt out?
Wicklow.
7. What stands outside of the wood ad eats inside?
A pig eating out of a trough.
8. How many feet have forty sheep, the shepard and his dog?
Two.
9. What walks with its head downwards?
A nail in your boot.
10. What part of the cow goes in the door first?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Florence Roundtree
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort na nÉan, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mr James Roundtree
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gort na nÉan, Co. an Chabháin
