School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)

Location:
Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
Teacher:
David Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 420

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 420

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    Lap a dog come up snaps off the leg of mutton. The woman stands up and throws the stool after the dog.
    Why does a hen pick the pan?
    -Because she cant lick it
    Deep it is damp it is for for any lord
    -a grave
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it
    -a coffin
    What would you fill a bin with to make it lighter?
    -of holes
    Pray till us ladies of you can who is that toilet favorite man thought he married (?)
    I have a little and tis tatched with straw an old grey more and a faunting(?) car two little bonhans(?) a trumping(?)
    -a bachelor
    What would make a pair of shoes?
    -two shoes
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English