School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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    Why do you carry an umbrella.Because it cannot walk.
    What has a bed and never lies on it. A river.
    What runs and hasent any legs Water. What are the the three hardest things to be found ,A shoe to fit the foot of a mountain.A towel to wipe the face of the earth.A sheet yo cover the ocean.Why is there such scarcity of honey in Berlin Because there is only one bee on it.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Devaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scalp, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Fanny Vaughan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Scalp, Co. Clare