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School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)

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Rockchapel, Co. Cork
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Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 117

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    Which is the best way to cover a cushion?
    To sit on it.
    Why did the chicken run across the road?
    To get to the other side.
    What is it that has three feet and no leg?
    A yard.
    Why is the letter b a lazy letter?
    Because it is always in bed.
    What is it that always walks with its head down?
    The nail in your boot.
    Why is a horse never hungry?
    Because he has always a bit in his mouth.
    What is it that gets longer the more you take from it?
    A hole.
    What is it that wears boots and has none?
    A football.
    Why does a hen pick a pot.
    Because she cannot lick it.
    A fiddler in Cork had a brother a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mary Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glennakeel North, Co. Cork