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School: Carniara (roll number 15343)

Location:
Carnyara, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 164

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    goes into bed?
    Your breath.
    What is the last part of a cow to go out the gap?
    Her tail.
    High, chip, chop, cherry.
    All the men in Derry
    Could not climb
    Chip chop cherry, what it it?
    Smoke
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    Because she cannot go under it.
    Why does a hen nib or not?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    Why does a cow look over a fence?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    Why is a pig a curious animal?
    Because he is killed first and then cured.
    Why is a pig the most learned animal?
    Because he noses everything.
    I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers and saw the dead burying alive?
    A raked fire.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Attracta Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tobertelly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Cooke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tobertelly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tobertelly, Co. Sligo