School: Cill Tártáin

Location:
Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0035

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0035

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    18. What is always behind time?
    Ans. The back of the clock.
    19. London, Derry Cork, and Kerry spell me, that without a "K".
    Ans. That.
    20. What is once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?
    Ans. The letter "M".
    21. What is never in cash, always in debt and never out of danger?
    Ans. the letter "D".
    22. Spell scraping the garden in three letters.
    Ans. Hen.
    23. If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means how many fs in that?
    Ans. no one in "that"
    24. Two "n"s two "o"s an l and a d.
    Put them together and spell them for me.
    Ans. London.
    25. AS I went up the boreen I met my Auntie Noreen. Steel toes, iron nose and when my word she would frighten the crows.
    Ans. A gun.
    26. What goes all round the world and stands in the corner?
    Ans. A stamp on a letter.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Children in the School District