School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

Location:
Knocklong, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Néill
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    than short ones.
    Why is a policeman like a rainbow.
    Because he appears after the storm is over.
    Why is a waiter like a racehorse?
    Because he runs for cups, plates and stakes.
    Why was Eve not the fastest woman.
    Because Adam was the first made.
    What is it that never speaks but always receives an answer?
    A doorbell.
    Why had Eve no fear of the measels?
    Because she has Adam.
    Betty outside the ditch and Betty inside the ditch if you touch Betty she will bite you?
    A nettle.
    I had a little Kerry cow she stands by the wall she eats all before her and drinks nothing at all?
    A fire.
    In and out like a trout slippery wet and greasy?
    A
    Your tongue.
    As I was going out a slippery gap
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Curtis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick