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School: Muine an Mheadha

Location:
Monivea, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 014

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    Why is an umbrella like fat
    Answer Because it is dripping.
    Black and white and read all over
    Answer A newspaper.
    A little house and it si full of meat there re no doors or windows and how will we get in to eat.
    Answer An egg
    Why is a bad schoolboy like a stamp
    Answer Because he is licked and put in a corner and made stick to his letters.
    Twenty-four white cows lying in a hall up comes a red one and separates them all.
    Answer A tongue separating your teeth.
    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
    Annie Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Nora Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Monivea Demesne, Co. Galway