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School: Boston, Tubber (roll number 10763)

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Boston, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thos. Noone
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 047

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  1. Tomhaiseanna (continued)

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    A riddle, a riddle, a farmer's fiddle, alive at the two ends, and dead in the middle
    A. A man ploughing
    What is steeper than hell?
    A. A tailor's thimble, because there is no bottom in it
    Where was Dan O'Connell going when he was thirty five years?
    A. He was going into his thirty sixth year
    Why can't a person get to the end of the world?
    A. Because it is round
    A bannock of bread, and a sheet full of crumbs
    A. The moon and stars
    I washed my hands in water, that never did rain or run, and dried them in a towel, that never was wrought or spun
    A. I washed them in the dew, and dried them to the sun
    Says the child to its father how does it come
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Síghle Ní Dhonnchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Anthony O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Rockvale, Co. Clare