School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ceallaigh
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- Q. Why does a donkey eat thistles
A. Because he is an ass.
Q. What is one of the seven wonders
A. To see two women together and not talking
Q. What is the greatest riddle in the world
A. Life because you have to give it up
Q. what turns and does not move
A. Milk
Q. What would Neptune say if the sea dried up
A. I haven't an notion [ an ocean]
Q. Why does footballers and cricketers seldom keep poultry
A. Because the former hate fouls (fowls) and the latter hates ducks.
- Collector
- Mary Furey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowntryla, Co. Galway
- Informant
- William Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowntryla, Co. Galway
- Q. When is the French nation like a baby
A. When it is in arms
Q. Why are Riddles which cannot be answered like a man disappointed by his visitors
A. Because there is a host put out not one guest (guessed)
Q. When is a soldier like a carpenter
A. When he is going to drill
Q. Why is a cook like Columbus(continues on next page)
