School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Lios Teilice Thuaidh, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- - Why do we all carry an Umbrella? Because it cannot walk.
- What China town is not found in China? Dresden.
- If a church be on fire why has the organ the smallest chance of escape? Because the engine cannot play (upon) it.
- Why is the letter "F" like a banana skin? Because they both make all fall.
- Why is a King like a book? Because he has pages.
- Which is the cleanest letter in the Alphabet? "H" because it is in the midst of (washing).
- Why should you never tell a secret to your book? Because it is sure to go around.
- What people never live long? Dwarfs.
- What sort (kind) of wig can a barber not make? An ear-wig.
- A field full of white cows and a red cow in the middle? Your teeth and your tongue in the middle.
- Twelve little children as black as a fan, a lazy old woman and a hard working man? A Clock.
- There is a little cow, it stands in the wall, if you gave it the world it would drink it all? A lamp.
It is black and it is white and it is red (read) all over? A newspaper.
- Why does a hen lick the pot? Because she cannot kick it.
-Riddle me; riddle me; Antino oh; my father gave me seeds to sell, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me riddle me that for to morrow night?
- Pen, ink and paper or a cake and its seeds.(continues on next page)
