School: Scoil na mBráthar, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 16725)

Location:
Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Mocháin
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  1. R. If it takes a half yard of stuff to make a waist coat what will it take to make a suit?
    A. A Tailor.
    R. Why is not a man with a glass eye hanged?
    A. Because hey hand him with a rope.
    R. What goes off yet stops in the same place?
    A. A Gun.
    R. Poor men have it, rich men want it, blind men see it, deaf men hear it. what is it?
    A. Nothing.
    R. What comes out of a gate before an animal?
    A. The Breath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickbeg, Co. Tipperary