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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
John Noonan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 5

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    Local riddles 18-01-38
    Q: what is the the difference between a a dunce and a fisherman ?
    Ans:A fisherman baits his hooks and a dunce hates his books.
    Q: What goes out between two woods and comes in between two waters ?
    Ans: A women carrying two wooden pails of water.
    Q: How would a person get fat?
    Ans: Buy it in a butchers shop
    Q: wha walks with its head in the ground?
    Ans: A show snail
    Q: What turns without moving?
    Ans: Milk
    Q: What stands in one leg and holds its heart in its hand ?
    Ans: A head of cabbage
    Q: What man in parliament wears the biggest hat?
    Ans: The man with the biggest head.
    Norah Murray Standard V
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Murray
    Gender
    Female