School: Muine Chonnalláin B.

Location:
Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Lochnáin
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    If a man fell down off a house, what would he fall against... Against his will.

    If a man fell down off a house, what would he fall against..... Against his will.
    If you knocked a person on the road what would be the first part of him to rise.....
    His temper.
    What is always behind time..... The back of a clock.
    Whats like one half of the moon.....The other half.
    Got in the wood, made in the town and earns many a shilling and crown... A fiddle
    As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man..... A Penny.
    What goes up when the rain comes down...
    Umbrellas.
    What seven letters did the old woman say, when she looked into her purse.....O.I.L.U.R.U.J.
    Whats the difference between a tinsmith and a shoemaker.
    One makes things to keep the water in, and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Ruane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Dennis Ruane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo