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School: Cill Chonaill (B) (roll number 14377)

Location:
Kilconnell, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Riobárd Ó Séaghdha
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    Q. When is it right to lie.
    A. When you are in bed.
    Q. When a shoemaker is about to make a boot, which is the first thing he uses.
    A. The last.
    Q. Why is an umbrella like a pancake.
    A. Because it's seldom seen after lent.
    Q. What is that which is invisible yet never out of sight.
    A. The Letter - S
    Q. What is both food for the body and food for the mind.
    A. Bacon.
    Q. When are eyes not eyes.
    A. When the wind makes them water.
    Q. What city in the united kingdom would be likely to float.
    Q. When is water like fat
    A. When it is dripping.
    Q. Which travels faster, heat or cold
    A. Heat - because you can catch cold?
    Q. When is soup likely to run out of a saucepan
    A. When there is a leek in it
    Q Why do little birds in their nests agree
    A For fear of falling out
    Jack Treacy 4.10.'38
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Treacy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinderry, Co. Galway