School: Cor na Péiste

Location:
Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Ní Théinfhir
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    62. A lazy old woman, a hard-working man & twelve little children sitting round a pan. What is it?
    (the face of the clock)
    63. How many sides on a round plum-pudding?
    (Two - inside & outside)
    64. What's the use of a cat's skin?
    (To keep her warm).
    65. What makes a loaf in every window?
    (Snow.)
    66. What is the difference between a shilling and a penny?
    (Eleven-pence)
    67. When is a man hospitable and a treat at the same time?
    (when he takes you in)
    68. Why is the sun like a good loaf.
    (Because it is light when it rises).
    69. How long did Cain hate his brother?
    (As long as he was Abel).
    70. Why is an egg too lightly boiled like one boiled too much?
    (Because it is hardly done)
    71. What kind of ear (eers) have engines?
    (Engineers)
    72. What is the dead centre of Dublin
    (Glasnevin)
    73. What is everything on the earth doing?
    (Going round).
    74. How many hairs (hares) in a horse
    (Ten) (There are 10 3-penny bits in a half-a-crown)
    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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