School: Cor na Péiste

Location:
Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Ní Théinfhir
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    9. Why is hell like a cobbler's shop?
    (Because it is full of condemned soles (souls)).
    10. B and O and X in the middle, T and Y come tell me the riddle?
    (Boxty.)
    11. When is a clock on the stairs unsafe?
    (When it runs down.)
    12. Why are tall people the laziest?
    (Because they lie longest in bed).
    13. What is it that is often placed on the table, cut and passed but not eaten?
    (A pack of cards.)
    14. Why is a cowardly soldier compared to butter?
    (Because he runs before the fire).
    15. If Ireland were flooded what would be the safest town to live in?
    (Cork, because it floats).
    16. As I went over Derry's wall, I heard a man give a call. His head was flesh, his mouth was horn, and such a man was never born?
    (A rooster.)
    17. If a man got sixpence for walking a mile what would he get for walking thirty miles?
    (Tired feet.)
    18. I am an old unicorn. I have but one horn, and I can give milk like a wee Kerry cow. My grandmother loves me and round the board shoves me, and smiles, a sweet countenance placed on her brow?
    (The teapot.)
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