School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 299
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles
B) they are mended
c) their soles are departed
14. What has four legs and flies?
Two birds
15. It is brought to the table always cut but never eaten
A deck of card
16. What is it you can never dry to the fire?
Butter
17. What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles because there is a mile between both s
18. What is it that has a head and no face
A match
19. What is it that has a face and no head
A clock
20 Why is a vain lady like a drunken man
They are both fond of the glass
21. If I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven
wives each wife had seven
sacks each sack had
seven cats each cat had
seven kittens how many were going to St. Ives
One Man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Choileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glin Demesne, Co. Limerick
