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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 328

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  1. Puzzles and Riddles (continued)

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    A:- Because she cannot look under it.
    Q: What goes all over Ireland and never wets his feet?
    A:- A bee.
    Q:- Why is Athens like the wick of a candle?
    A - Because it is surrounded by Greece.
    Q:- A big bright man with a band round his waist?
    A:- A sheaf of oats.
    Q:- What has feet and cannot walk
    A:- A pot.
    Q:- What is always stirring and never falls off?
    A:- A pigs tail.
    Q:- Patch upon patch without any stitch tell me that
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Tracey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway