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School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)

Location:
Cliffony, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Patrick Mc Hugh
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    1) If a cow goes on four feet, a man on two feet, what goes on one foot?
    Answer: A Stocking.
    2) What has four feet and a foot?
    Answer: A bed.
    3) What is the best thing to eat on a rainy day?
    Answer: A salt herring, because you are sure to be dry.
    4) If a biscuit is divided between four people, what time is it?
    Answer: A quarter to one.
    5) What does a battleship with twenty eight guns weigh, just before it sails?
    Answer: The Anchor.
    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
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Cliffony, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Cliffony, Co. Sligo