School: Caisleán an Fhrinnsigh (roll number 11707/10648)
- Location:
- Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Micheál Mac Shiúrtáin
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- Why was the elephant the last animal into Noah's ark? he had to pack his trunk. What man wears the biggest hat? the man with the biggest heat. What is a herring worth when he is half eaten? it is worth turning.
What is full and holds more? a pot full of potatoes when you pour water in. What goes up when the rain comes down? an umbrella.
What walks always on its head? a nail in your boot. What gets boots and never wears them out? a football.
Why does the sea get angry? because it is crossed so often. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches? a head of cabbage.
As sound as an apple and plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all? the sun. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? A bank of the tree.
Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you could never guess that? a pipe.
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- Collector
- Francis Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvoneen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Shaughnessy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvoneen, Co. Galway
