School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)

Location:
Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 019

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 019

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Time.
    What is it that a person has and others use it more
    than himself?
    His name.
    I stood at the door and called to my neighbour to
    lend me the vessel that holds the raw meat?
    A timbler.
    What is it that God never sees, the King seldom
    sees and we see it often?
    His own equal.
    Who as the first whistler and what did he
    whistle?
    The wind and it whistles over the hills
    and far away.
    A room full of people and yet not a
    single person in it?
    They were all married and no one single.
    The King of Morocco built a ship, And the in
    the ship his daughter sat, And I'd be blamed to
    tell you her name, And thats three times I've told it.
    Ann was the girls name.
    Why is Ireland like a bottle of whiskey.
    There is a cork in a bottle of whiskey and
    there is a Cork in the end of Ireland.
    Under the bed with its heels through its head
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English