School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)
- Location:
- Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Húbáin
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- Q. What's in a reddle more plentier than than holes.
A. Corners.
Q. What goes up the chimney down but can't come down the chimney up.
A. An umbrella.
Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
A. The bark of a tree.
Q. What city fits on a bottle.
A. Cork.
Q. What's deeper than the sea.
A. A tailor's thimble.
Q. Why is an old woman's tongue like the pendulum of a clock.
A. Because it's always wagging.
Q. What is it that a lady often looks for but never to find it.
A. A hole in her stocking.
Q. What has a tongue but cannot talk.
A. Your boot.
Q. As I ran through a field of wheat i picked up something nice to eat it was neigther fish flesh fowl, or bone and I kept it till it ran alone.
A. An egg.
Q. when does a woman set black seeds in white(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Gibbons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloondeash, Co. Mayo
