School: Kilmactranny (roll number 6385)

Location:
Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Chasmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 035

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  1. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a man and the other a woman.
    Answer A penny
    How many hairs in a dog's tail
    Answer. None they are all outside.
    What is the shiest thing in the house. Answer A clock.
    How many feet has forty sheep a shephard and his dog
    Answer. Two feet
    What is it that the more you take out off it, the bigger it gets
    Answer A hole.
    Why does a hen pick the bot
    Answer Because she cant lick it.
    If rain comes down what goes up
    Answer An Umbrella.
    A useful useless instrument; once it's bought it's never lent; the man that buys it never owns it
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Joe Gormley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockmore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Gormley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Smith