School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)
- Location:
- Longfordwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 208
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- (continued from previous page)candles. These are supposed to be the guardians of the treasure in the passage.
- Q. Why are watches like grasshoppers?
A. Because they both move by springs.
Q. What can be in water without getting wet?
A. A shadow.
Q. Why is the sea ike curly hair?
A. Because it is always in waves.
Q. What has a comb but no hair?
A. A rooster.
Q. What letter does the farmer like best?
A. The letter g because it turns rain into grain.
Q. Why does a dog wag his tail?
A. Because the tail could not wag the dog.
Q. What may be said to be empty but yet it has something in it?
A. A pocket with a hole in it.
Q. Why should old stockings be useful in a fire?
A. Because they often have ladders in them.
Q. Riddle Riddle roy a farmer's fiddle alive at both ends and dead in the(continues on next page) - Informant
- Pat Corby
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonakenny, Co. Tipperary
