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School: Baile Mór Síl Anmchadha (Laurencetown)

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Laurencetown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cogaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0104

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Which travel faster heat or cold?
    Heat, because you can catch cold.
    What key does a drunkard like?
    Whiskey.
    When is a ship in love?
    When it is attached to a boy (buoy).
    When is E a lazy letter?
    Because it is always in bed.
    "Tis in a Church and not in a steeple,
    'Tis in a Minister and not in the people,
    'Tis in a rock and not in a stone,
    'Tis in the marrow and not in a bone"
    The letter R.
    Why cannot a beggar improve?
    Because one name for his is mendicant (Mend I can't)
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