School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    It is neither within nor without and it knows nobody.
    A window
    If a fellow met a fellow in a fellow's field, could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many f's in that
    That. none
    Goes around the house and round the house and lies at the back door.
    A. broom
    Why does a hen pick the pot.
    Because she can't lick it.
    Two n's two o's an L and a D put them together and spell them for me
    London
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
    That.
    25 - 11 - 1937 of November
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen King
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo