School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Mohober, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
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- (continued from previous page)Who does the King take off his hat to?
To the barber.
What has a face but never washes it?
The clock. - What makes more noise at a gate than one pig?
Two pigs.
Black I am and much admired,
Men and horses I have tired,
Gold and silver I have cost, and
On the manure hill now I am tossed?
Coal.
What is the best batter in the world?
A good hefty goat.
What wig can no hairdresser make?
An Earwig.
As I went out, as I went in, death I saw and life there in,
Six condemned, one got free,
Riddle me that or hanged I'll be?
A bird's nest in a dead horse's head.
As I looked over yonger hill, I saw a wonderful thing. I saw the dead carrying the live. Was not that a wonderful thing?(continues on next page)