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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    A. A (me) (mackpie) magpie.
    R. What always walks with its head down?
    A. A nail in a shoe.
    R. What has four legs and no head?
    A. A chair
    R. Why is not a horse hungry on his way?
    A. Because he always has the bit in his mouth.
    R. A I looked out my bedroom window I heard something fall I sent my maid to to pick it up but could not pick it all
    A. Snuff.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. R. I know a little house that a mouse would not fit in and all the Kings army could not count all the windows in it.
    A. A thimble.
    R. What is the difference between a bent six pence and a torn banner?
    A. One is a battered tanner and the other is a tattered banner.
    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 Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary