School: Valleymount

Location:
Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 152

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    5. Why is the sun like a good loaf?
    Because it is light when it rises.
    6. What crack is invisible to the naked eye?
    The crack of a whip.
    7. Whick side of a cats tail is the most furry?
    The outside.
    8. At what time was Adam married?
    Upon his wedding Eve.
    9. Why should a poor man drink coffee?
    Because he has no property (proper - tea).
    10. What trees have fire no efect upon?
    Ashes, because when they are burned they are ashes still.
    11. What bed is soft, well covered, and nicely made, yet is not meant to be slept on?
    A flowerbed.
    12. What two trees remind us most of the seaside?
    The bay and the beech.
    13. Twenty sick sheep went out the gap, one died, and how many came back?
    Nineteen.
    14. Twenty sheep went out the gap, twenty more followed that. Twick one, twice two, twice twenty and eleven, the shepherd and his dog. How many feet went out the gap?
    Two feet.
    15. If a tree window was brol broken by the falling of a tree, what would it say?
    Tremendous, (tree-mend-us).
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Perry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tulfarris, Co. Wicklow