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School: Garbally, Banagher

Location:
Garbally, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Ryder
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 021

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    Riddles
    Lantry has it in front Daniel has it behind
    and sweet Peg Mulligan has it twice in the one spot.
    The letter L.
    Why is a dog's tail compared to the hear of a tree.
    Because it's furthest away from the bark.
    The man that made it sold it . The man that used it never saw it.
    A Coffin.
    I met a man coming down the road with forty holes in his trousers; what time was it.
    Time for him to get a new trousers.
    A hard working father a lazy mother and twelve children the same.
    A clock.
    (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
    Bridgid O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Julia O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35