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School: An Pasáiste Thoir (B.), Port Láirge

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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Proinnsias Ó Heachthigheirn
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Q. There is a man in Liverpool selling thread, he is not living and he is not dead what is his name?
    A. Mr. Knot.
    Q. There we three men umbrella one day, an English-man, an Irish-man and a Scotchman. There was a hole in the umbrella. Which of them got wet?
    A. None of them because it was not raining at all.
    Q. What is worse that a pig grunting under a gate?
    A. Two pigs.
    Q. I looked over a fence and I saw a ship sailing. Watt was the captain's name?
    A. Captain Watt.
    Q. Why is a drawn tooth like a thing no longer remembered?
    A. Because it is out of the head.
    Q. Whey is a sword like beer?
    A. Because it is not used till it is drawn.
    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
    Patrick Quigley
    Gender
    Male