School: Crury (roll number 3134)

Location:
Creevy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Martin Keegan
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  1. What is it that a cat has and no other animal has?
    A kitten.
    If it takes two yards of cloth to make a coat and waist coat what would it take to make a suit.
    A pair of trousers.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all?
    The sun.
    Why is Ireland like a bottle?
    Because it has a cork in it.
    What goes up the stairs with its head down?
    A nail in a man's foot.
    Fire and water, earth and air every customer buys two pairs?
    A set of shoes on a horse.
    A barnful of a roomful and you cannot catch a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    As I went through a guttery gap I met my uncle Davy, I up with my hand and knocked him down and left him lying easy?
    A haw
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal