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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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    Q Why is D like a crying child.
    A. Because it makes ma mad.
    Q How many sides are there on a cup.
    T Two, the inside and the outside.
    Q What is the quickest thing going.
    A A bondmaster because he beat's time.
    Q What goes on one foot.
    A A stocking.
    Q When is the sun cruel.
    A When it give you a good tanning.
    Q What has six legs.
    A A chair when someone is sitting on it.
    Who wears the biggest hat.
    The man with the biggest head.
    If you were going down the road on an ass, what fruit would your both represent.
    A beautiful pair.
    What is the favourite word with women.
    The last word.
    What traveller doesn't neat a porter.
    An elephant because he carries his won trunk
    Up and down the ladder in and out I hop, I draw my long tail after me until the the whole I stop.
    Darning a stocking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mathews
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Rathmullan Road, Co. Louth