School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 461
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- (continued from previous page)If a fellow met a fellow in a garden of beans, said a fellow to a fellow what a fellow means, how many f's in that. ? None
What are the three most difficult things to get in the world.? A shoe for the foot of the mountain, a sheet for the bed of the ocean and a towel to wipe the face of the earth.
A riddle a riddle a farmer's fiddle alive in two ends and dead in the middle. ? A man ploughing.
Why is a police man so much like a rainbow.? Because he always comes after the storm.
The man that made it did not want it, the man that bought it did not use it and the man that used it did not see it.? A coffin.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and and all.? The sun.
Riddle me, riddle-me, riddle-me, that, over the head and under the hat.? Your hair.
How far can a rabbit run into a wood.? Only half way, because if he went any further he would be going out of it.
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Alainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
