School: Cloigeann

Location:
Cleggan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Fathaigh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    A. Because it wont go long without winding.
    Q What has a foot but no toe or heel.
    A A mountain.
    Q What are the three letters to frighten a rogue.
    A I.C.U.
    Q What is it you have to cut a piece off to make it longer.
    A A grave.
    Q Why is Ireland like a bottle.
    A Because it there is Cork in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Cut in the wood and sunk in the sea and brought to the surface twice in a day?

    1. Cut in the wood and sunk in the sea and brought to the surface twice in a day? A lobster pot.
    2. One half dead and the other half living? A dog with his head in a pot.
    3. Three men went up the road in a car, one black man the other two were white men. If the two white men ate the black man what number was in the car then? Two ate one.
    4. A houseful a holeful and can't gather a bowlful? Smoke.
    5. As I looked out through my kitchen window I saw the dead carrying the living? A boat.
    6. Patch upon patch without any stitches? A head of cabbage.
    7. A man was put into jale for ever and he was told he would be let out if he could make a sentence out of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matthew Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Pat Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62