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School: Muine Chonalláin (C.)

Location:
Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Lochnáin
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    rise (Your temper)
    Why are girls like bells?
    (Because you don't know what they are like until you give them a ring)
    Which hand do you stir your tie with.
    (With neither hand but with a spoon)
    Why do bad-humoured people grow tall.
    (Because they get their legs pulled so often)
    Why is pulling a dog's tail like a tea cannister
    (Because your tea-is-in it)
    When are children like a cup or saucer
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs B. Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan East, Co. Mayo