School: Na Corráin (roll number 9938/9)

Location:
Currans, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cormac Ó Muircheartaigh
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  1. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree.
    The King of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat? A ring.
    Head like a thimble, tail like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you won't guess that? A pipe.
    Laurence has it in the front, Michael has it in his back, no boys have it and all the girls have it, and John Bull has it in two places? The letter l.
    Why is a dogs tail compared with the heart of a tree? Because it is the farthest away from the bark.
    What is full and holds more? A pot of potatoes when you put in the water.
    What is the longest word in the English language? Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last letters of it.
    What goes with its head down? The nail of your boot.
    What is it that the more you take from it the bigger you make it? A grave.
    What is the biggest wonder in the map of Europe?
    That Hungary did not eat Turkey.
    Says the child to the father how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son? His daughter.
    What is the centre of gravity? The letter V.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Portduff, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Maurice Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Portduff, Co. Kerry