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School: Clonegonnell

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Clonagonnell, Co. Cavan
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L. Ní Chaoindealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 293

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    Q. How many feet have forty sheep the Shepherd and his dog?
    A. Two.
    Q. When does a cook break the game laws of this country?
    A. When she poaches eggs.
    Q.
    Which is the quicker hear or cold?
    A. Heat is quicker, because you can catch a cold.
    Q. Black within, red without four corners round about?
    A. A chimney.
    Q. I sat on my hunkers an looked through my winkers. I saw the dead burying the live?
    A. Throwing the ashes over the fire at night.
    Q. What bears and never blossoms?
    A. The crook.
    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
    R. Graham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cauhoo, Co. Cavan