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School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)

Location:
Gortskehy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Cléirigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    20. What is the weight of the moon?
    (Four quarters - 1 cwt)
    21. I go into the wall, and I come out of the wall, and I carry my house on my back. (A snail)
    22. How many sods will fill a cart?
    (One and all the rest)
    23. I have a little house, and a mouse would not fit in it
    And all the men in town would not count all the windows in it.
    (A thimble)
    24. As I went up the mountains with a bundle of rods
    Nobody could count them but the hands of God.
    (The hair on your head)
    25. Why do the birds fly over the mountains?
    (Because they cannot fly under them)
    26. What is deeper than the sea?
    (A tailor's thimble)
    27. Black and white and it's red all over.
    (A newspaper)
    28. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap
    Two died, how many was left?
    (Eighteen)
    29. Spell black wool in three letters
    (Hat)
    30. Why is a baby like a sailor?
    (Because a baby makes his ocean in the bed, and a sailor makes his bed in the ocean).
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Cléirigh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Annefield, Co. Mayo