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School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)

Location:
Lyre, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
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    Why are matches angry things.
    Ans. Because they flare up as soon as you strike them.
    Why is the July sun like sixpence.
    Ans. Because it is a tanner.
    Name a common miracle in Ireland
    Ans. Waking the dead.
    Why is necessity like an ignorant lawyer.
    Ans. Because it knows no laws.
    Why are old stocking like dead men.
    Because when they go into holes, they are mended (men dead), their soles are departed.
    Betty out side the ditch, Betty inside the ditch if you went near her she would give you a pinch
    A nettle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maighréad Ní Chiosáin
    Gender
    Male