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School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)

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Foynes, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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    Q. What is it that gets boots and never wears them?
    Ans - Football
    Q. What is it that you would not liketo have but if you had it you would not like to lose it?
    Ans - Bald head
    Q. Two black men and one white man went out motoring, the two black men at the white man. What was the number of the car?
    Ans - 281 (Two ate one)
    Q. Why does a donkey eat thistles.
    Ans - Because he is an ass
    Q. A little man sitting by the side of the wall, he eats all he can and drinks nothing at all
    A. Fire
    Q. What god never sees
    What the King seldom sees,
    What we see every day,
    Read my riddle I pray
    A. An equal
    Q Where was moses when the light went out
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Nora Ní Mhadagain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgrig, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs P. Madigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Address
    Corgrig, Co. Limerick