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School: Seamar

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Shammerdoo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Loideáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 11

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    Riddles
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    Ans. To get to the other side.
    Black and white and read all over?
    Ans. A paper
    Why is a black hen better than a white hen?
    Ans. Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
    What turns without moving?
    Ans. A road
    What key is the hardest to turn?
    Ans. A donkey
    Who was the first to man that went round the world?
    Ans. The man in the moon.
    When do three black hens make three white hens?
    Ans. When they are plucked.
    What has three feet and no toes?
    Ans. A yard.
    What is that the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    Ans. A hole in the wall
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lynskey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Lynskey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo