School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 239

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  1. When has a boy four hands?
    When he doubles his fists
    What is it that a lady looks for but never wishes to find? A hole in the heel of her stocking
    What is it that has fifteen heads, thirty legs, two wings but cannot fly?
    A football team. When do sheep become stationary?
    When they are turned into pens.
    Why is a salt herring like a raincoat?
    Because it keeps you dry.
    What bird can lift the heaviest weight?
    The Crane
    Why are fishermen great doctors?
    Because they can cure fish.
    What runs and has no legs? Water.
    What are the best things to put in cakes? Your teeth.
    What is it that has a tongue and can't speak? A boot.
    What is it, that never was and never will be? A mouse's nest in a cats
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shemus Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr James Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow