School: Court (roll number 13335)

Location:
Courtballyedmond, Co. Wexford
Teachers:
Criostóir Ó Cuanáin Liam de Noraidh
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  1. Riddles. Nov 19th, 1938.
    There is a little lad out in the field when I shake his leg his nose will bleed? A pump.
    What has 15 heads and two wings and cannot fly? A football team.
    How would you spell brown down ditch in three letters? Gap.
    If a man got sixpence for walking fifty miles what would he get for a hundred miles? Sore feet.
    Peter Lacey, Garrydaniel, Monamolin, Gorey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Lacey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrydaniel, Co. Wexford