School: Réidhleán (Measctha), Áth an Chóiste
- Location:
- Rylane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Buachalla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 236
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- (continued from previous page)A silken dress with a belt round the middle,
Can you guess the silly riddle?
An umbrella.
Where was the first nail hit?
On the head.
What is the difference between a blind man, and a sailor in prison?
One cannot see to go, and the other cannot go to sea.I bite, and every bite I bite, but never a bite I swallow.
A scissors.As I went into a field of wheat.
I picked up something I could not eat.
It had neither fish, flesh, feather, or bone,
But it had five fingers of its own?
A glove.Headed like a thimble, tail like a rat,
You may guess forever, but you can't guess that?
A pipe.Two dead men fighting. Two blind men looking on. Two cripples running for the priest, two dummies saying hurry on?
A Lie.(continues on next page)
