School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0507, Page 258
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- (continued from previous page)6. None, for all are carried.
(Tiob. Ar. Cromadh)7. If never was and never will be; look into your hand and you will plainly see.
Ans. Your fingers were never the same size and never will be.8. I went into the wood and got it. I sat down and looked for it. I brought it because I could not help (find) it. What was it?
Ans. A thorn in your foot.
(Tiob. Ar. Cromadh).9. Furry in and furry out and furry into furry's mouth.
Ans. A cat eating a mouse.10. A man 88 years old had only 22 birthdays. How was that.
Ans. He was born on the 29th of February.
(Cromadh, and I heard it at a wake in Tiob. Ar. nearly 40 years ago).10a. How many xmas days more than Easter Sundays?
Ans. 33. (A "Wake" riddle from Tiob. Ar)11. What is the darkest thing in the world?
Ans. A blind man in a dark corner with a quenched candle, looking for a black cat.12. One fine day in the middle of the night(continues on next page)
