School: Baile an Chaisleáin, PortLáirge (roll number 15841)

Location:
Castletown, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Gobnait Ní Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 70

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  1. What land does pussy-cat like best-Lapland
    2. Q- How many hairs are inside a cats tail- none they are all on the outside
    3. Why is the handle of a quart always on the outside- Because you could not catch it on the inside
    4. Why does a cow always look over the ditch? Because she cant look under it.
    5. What ship do we always try to avoid?
    Hardship
    6. As round as an apple as big as a ball over chapels and over steeples? The Sun
    7.What has a head and no face? A match
    8. What has a mouth and no tongue? A watch
    9. What has a mouth and no tongue? A river
    10. What has ribs and no trunk? An umbrella. What has a trunk and no ribs? A tree. When is the sun like a red hot poker? When
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Rockett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumcannon, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr James Rockett
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumcannon, Co. Waterford