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School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

Location:
Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 010

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  1. Riddles

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    What fruit is in every penny?
    Ans., a date.
    When is a cook angry?
    Ans., when she is whipping cream and beating eggs.
    How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and a dog?
    Ans., two
    What two fishes have you got in your shoes?
    Ans., soles and eels.
    What part of a tree is like a dog?
    Ans., the bark
    I went to town and I met my uncle Paddy, I took off his hat and drank his blood and left his body standing?
    Ans., a bottle of Paddy whiskey.
    Little thing, little thing less than a mouse has more windows than a King's palace?
    Ans., a thimble.
    What kind of a tree is like the sea?
    Ans., the beach
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Roycroft
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Roycroft
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork