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School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
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Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 256

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    Q. What is that which ladies look for but never wish to find?
    A. A hole in their stockings
    Q. What is a trout like lying on a gravel path?
    A. Like a fish out of water.
    Q. What is that, which makes everybody sick but those who swallow it?
    A. Flattery
    Q. What Christian name is spelt[sic] the same way backwards (as) and forwards?
    A. Hannah.
    Q. When is an ox not an ox?
    A. When it is turned into a meadow.
    Q. Why is a doctor like a woodcock?
    A. Because he has a long bill
    Q. What is that which is often brought to table, often cut but never eaten
    A. A pack of cards
    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 Mac Mullin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal