School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 151
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Riddles (continued)
“Q. If a man went out through a gap with a hundred patches on his trousers what time would it be?”
(continued from previous page)A The letter (r)
Q Four lego hanging two lego hanging four lego lying in press
A A man riding a mare in foal.
Q In a house there are a father and a mother , a sister and a brother and uncle and an aunt a nephew and a niece and two first cousins. How many were there
A Four.
Q If I had a pund and wanted to divide it between two giving one sixpence more than the other
A One got 9/-9 and the other got 10/-3.
Riddles
“Q. As I went out through a guttery gap I met my uncle Davy...”
Q. As I went out through a guttery gap I met my uncle Davy I pulled of his head and sucked his blood and left his body easy.
A A bottle of whiskeyQ Four stick standers four lilly landers two mooners two grooners a licker and a lasher
A A cow(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rossmore, Co. Laois