School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0040
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- (continued from previous page)Mr Bigger
Little Bigger?
Ans. Little Bigger.
62. Why is a mat like a tonic?
Ans. Because one is taken up and shaken and the other is shaken up and taken.
63. I met a man going to the fair and there was a woman with him. "Good morra sir, said i and wife behind you," "Your mistaken" said he "though smart you may be for my father was her father's father(s). Then how near is she to me.
Ans. His daughter.
64. The flours of England and the fruits of shain
Met together in a shower of rain
Put in a bag tied with a string
If you tell me this riddle I'll give you a ring.
Ans. A Plum pudding.
65. The name of a beast the latin for and would level you dead at the word of command."
Ans. A bullet.
66. What is it that drinks all and eats nothing?
Ans. A lamp.
67. As round as an apple
As steep as a cup
And all the men in Derry
Could not pull it up
Ans. A well.(continues on next page)
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