School: Ruadhán
- Location:
- Ruan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Seán Ó Liadhráin Bríd Ní Dhíomáin
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- (continued from previous page)Old people put coal under the churn. It is a pisreóg.
- Riddles
I
How long did Cain hate his brother?
As long as he was Abel
II
If a fiddler in Ennis had a brother a piper in Limerick, but the piper in Limerick had no brother a fiddler in Ennis, how could that be?
The fiddler in Ennis was a girl
III
If a hunderweight of coal cost three shillings and three pence what would a ton come to?
Ashes
IV
What is it that a woman always looks for and never likes to find?
A hole in her stocking.
V
Three brothers were passing a graveyard one day. One said "I must go in to pray for my brother's son", the second said the(continues on next page)
