School: Lattoon

Location:
Lattoon, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Hiorraí
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  1. 1. Forty sheep went out on yonder gap, forty more followed that. Six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two, how many is that?
    Answer. five
    2. If it takes three and a half yards of cloth to make a pair of trousers and a waistcoat what will it take to make a coat? Answer. A tailor.
    3. How many baskets of stones would it take to build a fort? Answer. One if it was big enough.
    4. Blackey and whitey went over the hill,
    Blackey came back and whitey stood still.
    Ans. hen laying an egg.
    5. What dies and get alive again? Ans. A pipe.
    6. A hard working mother, a lazy father and twelve children. Ans. A clock
    7. As round as an apple,
    As deep as a cup,
    And all the men in Derry
    Couldn't lift it up.
    Ans. A well.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Charles Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan