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School: Eaglais

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Boirinn, Co. Mhaigh Eo
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S. Ó Mongaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is it that will be yesterday and was to morrow
    (To-day)
    What was Moses the wickedest man that ever lived?
    Because he broke the tem commandments all at once
    What has hands but cannot feel.
    (A Clock)
    Why do girls like looking at the moon.
    (Because there is a man in it.)
    How many sticks go to the building of a crow's nest.
    (None. They are all carried.)
    What wears the biggest hat
    (The man with the biggest head.)
    Noddy noddy, two heads, one body.
    (A Barrel.)
    What is that which occurs once in a minnute, twice in a moment, and not once in a hundred years.
    (The letter M)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Cáitlín Ní Nadhraigh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Neary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    An Sián, Co. Mhaigh Eo