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School: Baile 'n Tóchair (roll number 2013)

Location:
Ballintogher, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Conn Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 370

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    (1) What coloured letters do we eat? Green Peas.
    (2) Why is your nose in the middle of your face?
    It is the scenter.
    (3) Why is the letter "O" the noisiest of vowels?
    Because all the others are inaudible.
    (4) Why is the letter "D" like a wedding ring?
    Because you could not have wed without it.
    (5) What is it a cat has and no other animals?
    Kittens.
    (6) What goes most against the farmer's grain?
    A Reaping Machine.
    (7) Why is a Schoolmaster like a man with one eye?
    When he has a vacancy for a pupil.
    (8) If the Father is head of the family, what is the oldest son? The heir of course.
    (9) What is it that has a tongue but cannot talk? A Shoe.
    (10) What is it that has an eye but cannot see? A Needle.
    (11) What is it that has feet but cannot walk?
    A Bed.
    (12) What is it that has ears but cannot hear?
    A Pot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Fhiannaidhe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Altvelid, Co. Sligo