School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 516
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- Riddles continued
How many hairs in a dog's tail?
None, they are all outside.
Round the house and round the house, and yet never goes into the house?
A path.
Which is the best, five pounds in gold or a five pound note?
A five pound note because I can double it and find it in pieces
If I shoot at three birds and miss one, how many will remain?
None, the rest will fly away
If your mother had a child who was neither your sister nor your brother, what relation was it to you?
Myself
As I sat in my golden chair, I looked through my golden ring.
I saw the dead carrying the live away, wasn't that an awful thing.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mona Lillie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corradoo East, Co. Sligo
