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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

Location:
Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 009

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    Which is the white goose or the grey goose the gander?
    None of them.
    A big long lady standing in a field and if you twist her tail she will bleed.
    A fountain.
    They are cut, they are passed and they are never eaten?
    A deck of cards.
    How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog?
    Two.
    Why is a shoemaker like a dying man?
    The shoemaker leaves down his awl, he nears his end and he prepares his sole for the last. The dying man leaves down his all, he nears his end and he prepares his soul for the last.
    What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    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
    Liam Mac Gearailt
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick