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School: Cill Ábhaill

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Killavil, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0389

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    Q. Take away the first letter and the last letter then all the letters? What will be left?
    A. A Postman
    Q. Round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. What is full and holds more?
    A. A pot of potatoes when water is poured in.
    Q.What walks in with its head down?
    A. A nail in a boot.
    Q. A head, a foot, and four feet?
    A. A bed.
    Q. A man went down the road with a hundred pieces on his breeches. What time was it?
    A. Time to buy a new one.
    Q. Which is the fastest cold, or heat?
    Heat, because you can catch cold.
    Collected by: Moira Hunt
    Rathbane
    Killavil
    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
    Moira Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathbaun North, Co. Sligo