School: Curraigh (B.) (roll number 12066)
- Location:
- An Choraidh, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Braonáin
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“If a fish is worth 5/1 what is he worth when he is half eaten?”
If a fish is worth 5/1 what is he worth when he is half eaten.
Answer: Worth turning
What is black and white and it hops on the road like hailstones
Answer: A magpie
It grew in the wood and had leaves on it, it was in the fields and had hair on it and it has human flesh in it.
Answer: A clog
What is the difference between an aeroplane and a tree?
Answer: One leaves its shed and the other sheds its leaves.
What is the difference between a sigh, a motor car and an ass?
Anwer: A sigh is oh dear! a motor car is too dear and an ass is "you dear."
What is the last thing you take off before you go to bed?
Answer: Your feet off the floor?
What is that which is filled in the day and is empty at night?
Answer: Your shoes.
What is in a riddle more than holes?
Answer: Corners
It flighs high, lies low, wears shoes but has(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Martin Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Droim Bán, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Mrs Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Droim Bán, Co. Shligigh