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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

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Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Ceit
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A. Into your thirteenth year.
    Q. When is a farmer like a dentist.
    A. When he is pulling out stumps.
    Q. Why is man who runs in debt like a clock.
    A. Because he goes on tick.
    Q. What is the most important room in a dentists house.
    A. The drawingroom.
    Q. Why are laundry people silly.
    A. Because the put out pails to catch soft rain when it rains hard
    Q. What is the difference between a tree and an aeroplane
    A. One leaves its sheds and the other leave its sheds.
    Q. Why is stupid boy like an Indian jungle.
    A. Because he is very dense.
    Q. Why ought a confict to be proud of himself.
    A. Because no man ought to ashamed of his convictions
    Q. What sea reminds ? us of a pudding
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Colohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Birch Grove, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Colohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birch Grove, Co. Roscommon