School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Baile an Chnoic Thiar, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 176
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- (continued from previous page)Q. The man that made it, made it to sell, the man that bought it did not want it and the man that wanted it, did not see it.?
A. A Coffin.
Q. A humpty backed father a down hearted mother three young children all the same colour?
A. A pot.
Q. If I was in the sun and you were out of it what would the sun be?
A. Sin.
Q. Two good brothers we are, great burdens we bear, we're full all day and empty and cold at night?
A. A pair of boots.
Q. Why is the letter "D" like a cross child?
A. Because it makes "ma" mad.
Q. What is the longest word in the world?
A. Smiles, because there is a mile in the middle of it.
Q. Constantinople is a big word if you cannot spell it your the biggest dunce in the world?
A. It.
Q. Hink, hank under the bank ten drawing four?
A. A person milking a cow.
Q. Patches upon patches without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll give you a britches?
A. A head of cabbage.(continues on next page)
