School: Curraigh (B.) (roll number 12066)

Location:
Curry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Braonáin
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    If a fish is worth 5/1 what is he worth when he is half eaten?

    If a fish is worth 5/1 what is he worth when he is half eaten.
    Answer: Worth turning
    What is black and white and it hops on the road like hailstones
    Answer: A magpie
    It grew in the wood and had leaves on it, it was in the fields and had hair on it and it has human flesh in it.
    Answer: A clog
    What is the difference between an aeroplane and a tree?
    Answer: One leaves its shed and the other sheds its leaves.
    What is the difference between a sigh, a motor car and an ass?
    Anwer: A sigh is oh dear! a motor car is too dear and an ass is "you dear."
    What is the last thing you take off before you go to bed?
    Answer: Your feet off the floor?
    What is that which is filled in the day and is empty at night?
    Answer: Your shoes.
    What is in a riddle more than holes?
    Answer: Corners
    It flighs high, lies low, wears shoes but has
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Martin Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumbaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbaun, Co. Sligo