School: Baile Mhic Aodha (Ballymachugh)
- Location:
- Ballymachugh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ní Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 269
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- These are the riddles I heard from the old people
1. What runs fast and has no legs?
A tap.
2. Why is a dog biting his own tail like a manager?
Because he makes ends meet.
3. What goes from here to Dublin without stopping?
The road.
4. What man in Kilnaleck wears the biggest hat? the man with the biggest head.
5. What four footed animal would jump as high as Nelson's pillar? a dead ass
6. If your Peacock layed an egg in your neighbour's garden to whom would the egg belong
A penhen layed it.
7. Once a man went to Germany(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sam Blakely
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fortland, Co. Cavan
