School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 015
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- (continued from previous page)I. Walter Burke, Kinnagrelly, Collooney, got the following riddles from my father, Edward Burke who is fifty four years of age. He heard them from his father, Edward Burke who died in 1916, aged sixty five years, and who also lived in Kinnagrelly.
Q. Tom and his wife and Pat and his sister went out to rob a bird's nest. There were four eggs in the 'nest' if they took an egg each how many were left?
A. One. Because Tom's wife was Pat's sister.
Q. Why is the letter "N" like a pig sty?
A. Because it is the beginning of "Nasty".
Q. The half of the moon, the whole of the hill a little town in Ireland stands still.
A. Mohill
- Q What is the first thing you do when you go to bed?
A Spoil it.
Q As I went out a dirty gap, I met a man with a red cap, a stick in his mouth and a stone in his throat.
A A haw.(continues on next page)
