School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)
- Location:
- Carrigeen, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 128
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- A Collection of Riddles.
Two neighbours we are,
both burdens we bear,
by which we are bitterly pressed.
In truth I may say,
we are full all day,
and empty when we go to rest.
Ans. A pair of boots.
Said a child to the father
"How does it come
That you're my father
And I'm not your son?
Ans. A daughter.
If a person fell from the top of a house, what would he fall against?
Ans. His will.
There were two Germans, one old and one young: the young German was the old German's son but the old German was not the young German's father.
How was that?
Ans. She was his mother.(continues on next page)
