School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)

Location:
Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Húbáin
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Q: What room can no one enter
    A: A mushroom
    Q: What is the strongest day in the week
    A: Sunday. Because all the other days are week days.
    Q: What makes more noise at a gate than a sow
    A: Two sows.
    Q: What is this? Its too short and when you take a hit off it it's long enough
    A: A grave.
    Q: It's round and it's a pound and it's not two ounces weight
    A: A sovern.
    Q: If a yard of cloth makes a coat and a waist coat what will make the troushers.
    A: A tailor
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Q It's under the fire and it's over the fire and it never touches the fire.
    A A cake in the oven.
    Q Twenty sick sheep went out a gap twenty more went after that six, seven, five, eleven, three and how many was that.
    A Five sheep.
    Q A house full and a room full and you would not get a spoonful.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonshinnagh, Co. Mayo