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School: Bouleenshere (B.), Baile Thaidhg, Tráighlí (roll number 12864)

Location:
Booleenshare, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Jeremiah M. Healy
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    What walks on their heads?
    Answer: Nails on Shoes.
    Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
    Answer: Nineteen sheep.
    Black and white and read all over?
    Answer: A news-paper.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davey I cut off his head, and left his body easy?
    Answer: A head of cabbage.
    What is that? goes around the house and stops at the door?
    Answer: A brush.
    Bottomless vessel holding raw meat?
    Answer: A ring on a finger.
    If a fellow met a fellow in a fellow's field. If a fellow asked a fellow, what the feffow meant. How many "efs" in "that"?
    Answer: No ef.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Mulquinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caherulla, Co. Kerry