School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)

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   The bridge of your nose.
   When the clock strikes thirteen what time is it?
   Time for repairing.
   What is the difference between a cat and a comma?
   One has a pause, at the end of its clause, and the other has claws at the end of its paws.
   Tis red and tis yellow tis parable green.
   The king could not touch it, not more than the queen?
   The rainbow.
   An ass ate three quarters of a turnip, what time is it?
   Quarter to ate.

   

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2. Collection of Riddles

   

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   We can see it but we cannot catch it? Smoke How many sticks go to build the crow's nest? None. How many cuts of a knife does a well pointed scallop want? None. What is that has more corners than holes? A sieve. What beams can't a carpenter cut? Sunbeams. Larry has it in front of him, Paul has it behind him and Mary Mullins has it in two places?

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ned Noonan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cnoc Ulta, Co. Thiobraid Árann

   Informant

   Mr Jack Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Maigh Dheisil (Ayre), Co. Thiobraid Árann