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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 490

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    into the wood.
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. What month of the year does a woman talk less?
    A. February, because it has only 28 days.
    Q. Whats the difference between a shoemaker and a tinker?
    A. One makes to keep in the water and the other makes to keep out the water.
    Q. What is the difference between A and B.
    A. You open your mouth to say A and you close it to say B.
    Q. What is greater than God and worse than the devil and if you ate it, it would kill you?
    A. Nothing.
    Q. When is a man above his eyes in debt.
    A. When he is wearing a hat he had not paid for.
    Q. Why is there not much honey in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincent Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Dyra
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo