School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)

Location:
Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Luke Owens
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  1. As I was going to St. Ives,
    I met a man with seven wives.
    Each wife had seven cats,
    Each cat had seven kittens,
    Kits, cats, men and wives
    How many went to St Ives?
    Answer:
    One went to St Ives, he only met the others.
    A room with four corners, has a cat in each corner, three cats before each cat and a cat on every cats tail. How many cats were there altogether?
    Answer:
    Four cats, each sitting on its own tail.
    Hanna - ha - bell - news, spell that in four letter and I will give you a pair of
    (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
    Informant
    Michael Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Drumcoo (Brady), Co. Monaghan