School: Lios Uí Ghrifín (roll number 12227)
- Location:
- Lissagriffin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0398, Page 443
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- 1. Come tell me ladies if you can, who is this highly favoured man. Although he married many a wife, he still lives single all his life.
Ans = A Priest.2. What do liars do when they die.
Ans = They still lie.3. Black and white and red all over.
Ans = A newspaper.4. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
Ans = A cake in a bastible.5. I threw it up as white as a shilling,
And it came down as red as the blood.
Ans = An Egg.6. If I fell off a house, what would I fall against.
Ans = Against my will.7. I went up a road and down a road, And I carried the road on my back.
Ans = A ladder.8. Why does a hen pick the pot.
Ans = Because she cannot lick it.9. Never was and never will be extend your hand and you will see.
Ans = None of your fingers the same length.(continues on next page)
