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School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)

Location:
Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0644, Page 34

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    “I went up to an apple tree and there was apples on it.”

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    It is black and white and red all over.
    Ans. A newspaper
    Why is a barber the smallest man in the world.
    Ans. He has to have a ladder to do his work
    Why is a cobbler's shop like hell.
    Ans. because all bad soles go there
    Got from: My father 60 years
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    “How many cow's tails would it take to reach the moon?”

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    How many cow's tails would it take to reach the moon
    Ans. One if it was long enough
    If a poker and tongs cost 5s 1 1/2d what would a ton of coal come to
    Ans. To ashes
    When it is closed it is open and when it is open it is closed.
    Ans. Railway gates
    Got from: Pat Ryan Bridgequarter 63 years
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  3. Riddles

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    One day I went into a public house and I had money in my pocket. I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought a sixpenny bottle of porter. I went into a second public house and I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought another sixpenny bottle of porter. I went into a third public house and I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought another sixpenny bottle of porter and I came out of that house with no money in my pocket. How much money had I when..
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghroche, Co. Waterford