School: Rahavanaig

Location:
Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire de Stac
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  1. 1. A little white and round house and it full of meat, it has no door or windows to let us in to eat. An egg.
    2.Why does a cow look over a ditch? Because she cannot look under it.
    3.What is like a cat looking out a window?
    A cat looking in a window.
    4. If a ship went north, another went south, another went east, and another went west, how many of them returned?
    Three, because one went west.
    5. Six and seven, twice eleven, three and two, how much is that?
    Five.
    6.Why is the letter 'T' liable to be drowned?
    Because it is in the middle of "WATER".
    7.How can the man in the moon come down?
    Rub soap to his heels and he can skate down along the rainbow.
    8.I went up a road and down and I carried the
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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
    Máighréad Ní Chearbhaill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry