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School: Lisselton (C.) (roll number 10536)

Location:
Lios Eiltín, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is it which is put on the table cut and handed round yet never Eaten?
    A pack of cards.
    What has one leg one arm two four faces?
    A lamp post.
    What day is this?
    Fixing things, mixing things, stirring things, beating things, eating things, what day is this?
    Shrove Tuesday
    What has a head but cannot move it?
    A pin.
    Why did a boy call his rooster Robinson?
    Because he crew so.
    Why is it useless to give s horse food?
    Because he cannot eat a bit.
    When will water stop running down a hill?
    When it reaches the bottom.
    When is a horse not a horse?
    When he is turned into a field.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Collins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lios Eiltín, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Ned Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lios Eiltín, Co. Chiarraí