School: Lattoon

Location:
Lattoon, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Hiorraí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 308

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    113. Why are there good singers in water-lane? Ans. Because there is a Traynor in it.
    114. What goes round the house and leaves a loaf in every window? Ans. Snow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 115. Where does a boy or a girl go on his tenth birthday Ans. into his eleventh year.
    116. Why does a donkey eat thistles?
    Ans. Because he is an ass.
    117. What is the strongest race in the world? Ans. The human race.
    118. Patches upon patches and no stitches.
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    119. As round as an apple as plump as a ball, as high as the market house
    (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
    Margaret Caldwell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Billis, Co. Cavan