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School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)

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Garbally, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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    Why is a shoe-maker's shop like hell?
    Ans: Because many bad shoes go into it.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    Ans: The bark of a tree.
    What runs and has no legs?
    Ans: A river.
    When was beef the highest?
    Ans: When the cow jumped over the moon.
    What has one foot, four legs, and a head?
    Ans: A bed.

    What has a face and no head?
    Ans: A clock.
    What part of the horse comes out of the gap first?
    Ans: His breath.
    What has a head and no face?
    Ans: A match.
    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would not pull it up?
    Ans: A well.
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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
    Informant
    Michael Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Ballynamona, Co. Galway