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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 014

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    When she is whipping cream and beating eggs.
    If a man had ten sons and each son has a sister how many children has that man?
    Ans., Eleven.
    What is it that the longer it lives the smaller it grows?
    Ans., a candle.
    What is it that's put in dry and comes out wet and the longer you leave it the stronger it gets.
    Ans., Tea.
    Why are cheap stockings like mice?
    Ans., Because they run quickly into holes.
    What burns to keep a secret?
    Ans., Sealing-wax.
    Why is the letter "m" like good taste in playing on the piano?
    Ans., Because without it music would make u-sic (you sick)
    Why is a room full of married people like an empty room?
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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
    Alice Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pack Hayes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork