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School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

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Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 026

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    When is a farmer like a dentist?
    Ans., When he is pulling up stumps.
    What is that which is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing for three?
    Ans., A secret.
    Why is a dirty boy like flannel?
    Ans., Because he shrinks from washing.
    When is a butcher a thorough thief?
    Ans., When he steals (steels) a knife and cuts away with it.
    If a man was born in Ireland and lived in England and died in America what would he be?
    Ans., A corpse.
    If a poker and tongs cost thirty shillings what would a ton of coal come to?
    Ans., Ashes.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Hellen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Cornelius Hellen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork