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School: Droichead na Daoile (roll number 14736)

Location:
Lackalustraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ghallchobhair
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  1. Riddles

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    What is always behind time?
    Answer: The back of the clock.
    What is the difference between a new penny and an old shilling?
    Answer: Eleven pence.
    Which of the grey goose or the white goose is the gander?
    Answer: None of them
    What is the first thing one does when he goes to bed?
    Answer: To spoil it.
    I have a wooden horse and he has an iron throat and every time he gallops
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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
    Nora Fergus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corcullin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Edward Fergus
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Corcullin, Co. Mayo