School: Ferbane (B.)

Location:
Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. What goes round the house with its head down?
    The head of the brush.
    The father and mother and twelve little children.
    The face of a clock.
    What is always behind time?
    The back of a clock.
    When two Ford motors meets what time is it?
    Tin to tin.
    I go in to a butcher's shop and get one pound of steak. When I bring it home, what time is it?
    It is dinner time.
    How many yards of butter - milk would make a breeches for a dog?
    One if it were big enough.
    What is it that wears boots and has none?
    A football.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrica Beg, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joe Brazil
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrica More, Co. Offaly