School: Cor na Péiste

Location:
Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Ní Théinfhir
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    29. Why is the crow a sensible bird?
    (Because he never complains without cause {caws}).
    30. What bears but never blossoms?
    The crook.
    31. When did Noah strike the first nail in his ark?
    (On the head).
    32. If it takes half a yard to make a cap, what will it take to make a suit?
    (A tailor).
    33. As I went through a wheat-field, I saw something nice that I could eat. It was neither fish, flesh nor bone, what was it?
    (An egg.)
    34. If three men ate 6 potatoes, what would the number of their motar-car be?
    (386)
    35. A kitchen full, a room full and you couldn't catch a spoon ful?
    (Smoke)
    36. Through the wood, and through the wood, and through the wood it ran, although it was little thing, it killed a big man?
    (A bullet.)
    37. Clink, clank down yon bank ten about two?
    (A person milking a cow)
    38. How man hairs are there in a cat's tail?
    (None. They are on the outside).
    39. How many feet have forty sheep, the shepherd, and his dog?
    (Two)
    40. Look at me and you are somebody. Turn my back & you are nobody?
    (A person using a looking-glass.)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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