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School: Carrigabruise

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Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mc Enrae
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    A:- Death.
    Q:- What goes round the house and round the house dragging its puddings after it?
    A:- A hen and a clutch of chickens.
    Q:- What is the difference between a donkey and a postage stamp?
    A:- One you lick with a stick and the other you stick with a lick.
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    Q:- As I went to the fair of St Ives I met a man with seven wives, and every wife had seven sacks and every sack had seven cats and every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, wives and sacks - how many went to the fair?
    A:- One (myself.)
    Q:- What is the difference between a person who is late for the train and a school-mistress?
    A:- One misses the train and the other trains the misses.
    Q:- When is a school-boy like a postage stamp?
    A:- When he is licked and put in a corner to make him stick to his letters.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elaine Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Edenburt, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Whyte
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Edenburt, Co. Cavan