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School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

Location:
Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 090

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    If a person got sixpence for walking one mile what would he get for walking ten miles.
    Sore feet.
    Why is a bad boy like a bottle of medicine? Because the bottle of medicine has to be shaken first and taken and the bad boy has to be taken first and then shaken.
    What has eyes and cannot see?
    A potato
    flies high lies low wears shoes and has none
    A foot-ball
    What part of a car goes into the town first.
    The horn.
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    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
    Pádraig Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    10
    Informant
    James Howley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larass or Strandhill, Co. Sligo