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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0110

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  1. Local Riddles (continued)

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    Why do we go to bed?
    Because the bed won't come to us.
    What are the five hardest things to find?
    A shoe for the foot of the mountain, a towel to wipe the face of the earth, a sheet for the bed of the ocean, a set of teeth for the mouth of the harbour.
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An umbrella.
    A grandfather's clock that stood on the floor measured six feet two inches, and a man who stood beside it was two inches taller. What did he stand on?
    His feet.
    Once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?
    The letter m.
    The queen Mary ship got six coats of paint which coat went on the first?
    The second.
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    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
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Joe Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    36
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway