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School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

Location:
Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 16_001

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    1. Which came first the hen or the egg. (Answer the hen) because God made the hen first.
    2. How far can a dog run into a wood. Ans. (half ways).
    3. What goes round the house and round the house and whistles in the key-hole. Ans. (The wind).
    1. Forty sheep went through a gap, forty more followed that, eleven, ten, seven, six, two and three how many is that. Ans. (five sheep).
    2. If a fellow met a fellow in a bag of beans and a fellow asked a fellow what a fellow means
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Padruig Mac Giolla Dé
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenties, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Gallagher
    Gender
    Male