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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gráig na Manach

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Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. Agatha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 484

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    Riddles
    1. There was a fiddler in Graigue, and this fiddler had a brother a fiddler in Ross and the man in Ross had no brother a fiddler in Graigue.
    The fiddler in Graigue was his sister.
    2. Why is a shoemakes shop so much like hell?
    Beacuse there are so many bad "souls" in it.
    3. If I built a wall from here to Donegal What height would it be?
    - The height of nonsense.
    4. As I was going to Michaelmas fair I met seven men and their seven wives. Every man had a bag. Every bag had a cat. Every cat had seven kittens. How many were going to the fair?
    Only myself. I met the rest.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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