School: Ballyroebuck (roll number 12841)

Location:
Ballyroebuck, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seán Diolúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 131

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  1. Q. What sleeps on its head all night?
    A. The nails of your boots.
    Q. Why does it matter that a beggarman wears a short coat?
    A. Because it will be long enough till he gets another.
    Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    A. Because she cannot look under it.
    Q. What has a head, a foot and four legs?
    A. A bed.
    Q. What goes round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    A. The bark on the trees.
    Q. What is the shiest thing in a house?
    A. A clock because it always has its hands on its face.
    Q. What is the sickest thing in a house?
    A. A window because it is all panes.
    Q. What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
    A. Her breath.
    Q. Black and white and read all over?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Somers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballingate, Co. Wicklow