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School: Cooley

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Cooly, Co. Donegal
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Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 362

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    Giants.
    21. What is put on the table, cut and passed round and never eaten?
    A pack of cards.
    22. What has feet but no legs?
    A pot.
    23. What part of the cow goes in the byre first?
    Her breath.
    24. What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine driver?
    One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
    25. A room and a kitchen full and you could' ent lift a spoonful.
    Smoke.
    26. What has a head but not a face?
    A match.
    27. If a cow ate 3/4 of a head of cabbage what time would it be.
    A quarter to eight. (ate)
    28. What time is it when a clock strikes thirteen.
    Its time for her to be fixed.
    29. Why is toffee like a race horse.
    The more you lick it the faster it goes.
    30. What walks on its head all day.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John G. Barr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glencrow, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs William Barr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glencrow, Co. Donegal