What is Balbriggan Famous for?

What is Balbriggan famous for? It was international news in the War of Independence 100 years ago but instead here we have some Balbriggan… riddles What is the hardest thing to do in the world? To put the tide out with a fork.

I went and I did not know where. I got and I did not know what, and I when I came back all knew! I was Baptized.

Why is butter so much like a soldier? Because it runs before fire.

If a man had fifty holes in his trousers, what time would it be? Time to get a new one.

As red as blood and blood it is not, as green as grass but grass it is not, as black as ink but ink it is not? A blackberry.

What turns and we cannot see it? Milk. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side woman, and the other side a man? A penny.

As black as ink and ink it is not, as white as milk and milk it is not. It hops o the road like a marble stone and a marble stone, and yet a marble stone it is not? A magpie.

What goes through the wood and never tops the wood? A knife in a man's pocket.

What is the difference between a dead horse and a dead police man? The dead police man gives up swearing oaths and the dead horse gives up eating oats.

How far can a dog run into a wood? Half ways in, and half ways out.

Breda McGillivray, Told to me by my father, mr. Mc Gillivray, 4 High St., Balbriggan.