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School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

Location:
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 095

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    One is hard to get up & the other is hard to get down.
    Which is the right side of a cake.
    The side that has been eaten because the the other is left.
    What is the difference a bottle of medicine & a hearth rug.
    One is shaken up & taken & the other is taken up & shaken.
    Why is a herring like a mackintosh
    Because they both keep you dry all day
    What has sixteen legs & cannot walk
    Eight pairs of trousers
    Two brothers went into a grave-yard one said he'd say a prayer for his father who was dead & the other said he would not say a prayer for his father who was not dead. What were they?
    They were two christian brothers.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Lawlor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny