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School: Bilboa (C.) (roll number 15693)

Location:
Bilboa, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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    Q. Ink ank under the bank.
    Ten drawing four?
    A. A woman milking a cow.
    Q. Why is a king like a book?
    A. Because he has pages.
    Q. A roomful and you could not take a spoonful.
    A. Smoke.
    Q. Forty sheep went out a gap,
    Forty more went after that,
    Twice eleven, six and seven,
    Three and two how many is that?
    A. Five.
    Q. What is the deepest thing in the world?
    A. A Tailor's thimble because there is no bottom to it.
    Q. I went to the wood for brosna,
    I did not bring a crooked stick, nor a straight stick and still I brought have brosna.
    A. My dog's name was Brosna.
    Q. A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a [?]
    A. A cage.
    Q. Two little maidens dressed in white
    Got the fever and died last night.
    A. Two candles.
    Q. Went to America, stopped there, came home again because it never went there.
    A. A watch.
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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
    Mary Smee
    Gender
    Female