School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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    Ans - One woman had five and the other woman had seven.
    How can you compare a lamb to a postman?
    Ans. Because he carries letters
    As I went out one morning I met a gosson roaring and bawling and he said his mother died ten years before he was born.
    Ans. She dyed & c.
    A lepper of ditches,
    A cropper of thorns,
    A little brown cow,
    With two leather horns.
    Ans. A hare
    How is a shoemaker's shop like the ? of hell?
    Ans. Both are full of bad soles
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Owen Murtagh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath