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School: Baile Fionáin, Fearann Fuar (roll number 7990/1)

Location:
Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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    Q Why should Ireland soon be rich
    A Because its capital is Dublin.
    Q Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory.
    A He is always forgetting.
    Q When us a smack like a hat.
    A When it is felt.
    Q When is an original idea like a clock.
    A When it strikes one.
    Q When a black man dies what does his relations do
    A Go black burying.
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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
    Nancy Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry