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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

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Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0424

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  1. Puzzles (continued)

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    A. Fortune.
    Q. What fortune don't anybody like.
    A. Misfortune.
    Q. It wears shoes and yet it has no shoes.
    A. Football.
    Q. How many cows tails would reach the moon.
    A. One if it was long enough.
    Q. A lazy old mother, a poor old father, twelve little children each the same color.
    A. Clock.
    Q. What is the difference between a tight shoe and a oak tree.
    A. One makes acorns and the other corns.
    Q As I was going up the road I met a motor car there was three men in it and if two men eat one man what was the number of the car.
    A. 281
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Stephen Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tonmoyle, Co. Galway