School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

Location:
Cartron, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Floinn
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    18 Why isn't your nose 12 inches.
    Because it would be a foot instead.
    19 Two N's two O's an L and a D put them together and spell them for me.
    London.
    20 Four O's Two R's an M a D put them together and spell them for me.
    Roomdoor.
    21 What is the longer it lives the shorter it grows.
    A candle.
    22 Why do you go to bed.
    Because it won't come to you.
    23 If you were going to the shop with a pound lost it it got it what's the
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim Upper, Co. Leitrim