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School: Carrigeengeare (roll number 8672)

Location:
Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 419

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    In come two feet, sit on three feet with a leg in his lap, in come four legs, snap away one leg, up jump four feet, lift up three feet, knock down four feet and get his own legs back.
    Answer - A person comes in with a quarter of veal and sits down on a stool with the veal in his lap, in comes a dog and snaps away the veal; up jumps the person and lifts up a stool; knocks down the dog and get the leg of veal back.
    What is deeper than hell?
    Answer - A tailor's thimble because there is not bottom in it.
    What are the two lightest counties in Ireland? Answer - Down and Cork.
    How many feet have forty sheep, a sheperd and his dog. Answer - two feet.
    What divides when it unties.
    Answer - The scissors.
    Collected by John O'Hara.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Hara
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim