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School: Rooskey

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Roosky, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 248

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    a tree?
    A. Because it is the farthest away from the bark
    Q. Why is sympathy like blindman's buff?
    A. Because it is a fellow feeling for a fellow-creature
    Q. Why are sugar-lumps like race-horses?
    A. Because the more you lick them the faster they go.
    Q. Why are girls like bells?
    A. Because you don't know until you give them a ring.
    Q. What ship do we all like to avoid?
    A. Hardship
    Q. It is the beginning of every end and the end of every place it is the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space.?
    A. The letter "E"
    Q. A hard working father a wee little mother twelve little children all the same colour?
    A. The hands and the figures on the face of a clock.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Mayo