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School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 057

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    Ques. A car full of people went over the bridge, and there was not a single in it.
    Ans. They were married.
    Q. Why is a jailor like a musician.
    A Because he fingers the keys.
    Q. What comes in the window and goes out the door.
    A. A letter in a Post Office.
    Q. In Peters Park there stands a deer, his horns shine both far and near, he is neither stick, stone, flesh nor bone and in peters Park he stands alone.
    A. The son.
    Q. Why is grass like a mouse.
    A. Because the cattle (cat'll) eat it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Milward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cordal, Co. Kerry