School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 039
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What is always behind time?
The back of the clock.
12.
At a halfpenny a head and a farthing an eye how many herrings could eleven pence buy? Eleven
13.
Two n's two o's an l and a d put them together and spell them for me? London.
14.
How many feet have forty sheep a sheperd and hid dos? Two.
15.
What goes up in the air and comes down, in the air wears shoes, and has none? A football.
16.
Forty sheep went in a gap forty more went after that, six and seven twice eleven two and three how much is that? Five.
17.
What goes into the water white and comes out black? A baker's shoe.
18.
Through the rock, through the reel, through the old spinning wheel through the horse's skin and the throttle and the devil such a riddle was ever heard? Thunder and lightning.
- Collector
- Michael Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
