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School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

Location:
Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 305

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A A fiddle.
    Q As I went through a guttery gap I met my Uncle David I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left his body easy.
    A A bottle of whiskey.
    Q How is a school master compared to a stamp.
    A One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick.
    Q Luke has it before him, Paul has it behing him, men hav'nt it, married women lost it, and Billy Mulligan has it twice in the one spot.
    A The letter "L".
    Q In Amsterdam it's common, yet Holland wants it still. It's in every moon and mountain and not in any hill. It never was in Italy yet in Rome it still appears, It comes in every minute but not in twenty years.
    A The letter "M".
    Q If your men sat down to eat a pie what time is it.
    A A quarter to four.
    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
    Maud Wylie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corfad, Co. Monaghan