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School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 009

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is the sickest thing in the world.
    Ans. Window.
    How many thorns in an acre of furs.
    Ans. An acre of thorns.
    I went up the road and I came down the road, and I brought the road on my back.
    Ans. A ladder.
    Why is a swift running river like a plum pudding.
    Ans. Because a plum pudding is full of currants, and a swift running river is also full currents.
    Why is ten shillings in a note better than ten shillings in silver.
    Ans. Because when you put it into your pocket you double it and when you take it out you find it in "creases".
    Where did you go on your twelfth birthday.
    Ans. Into your thirteenth year.
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    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
    Josie Harrold
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughalin, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Brigid Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Cathleen Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Margaret Murphy
    Gender
    Female