School: Bánóg (roll number 7222)
- Location:
- Banoge, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Riordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0506, Page 221
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- A man was about to be condemned to be hanged. The judge said to him, "If you can give out a riddle which no one hare can answer, I will set you free." The man was allowed out under the air for fifteen minutes to think. He returned and said:As I went out and before I came in
I saw the living living in the dead
Five there are and six there will be,
Answer by riddle or set me free."Answer: A bird's nest in a dead animal's skull. there were six eggs in it - five birds were out of the shells and the sixth was about to come out.The more you take out of it, the bigger tis getting.
A grave.As I went up a steeple, I met three Christian people,
They were neither men, women nor children. What were they?
Answer: A man, a woman, and a child.It never was and never will be,
Look at your hand and you'll plainly see.
Answer: Your fingers were never the same size and never will be.(continues on next page)
