School: Leath-cheathrú (roll number 13437)

Location:
Lecarrow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Ó Maidín
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  1. Q1. There is a little town in Ireland. It is of great fame, Spell it backwards and forward and it is all the same?
    Ans. Navan.
    Q2. What is the difference between a bottle of whiskey and a packet of salt.
    Ans. One is a movie and the other is a talkie.
    Q3. What is it that the King seldom sees, God never sees, and the poor man sees every day?
    Ans. His own equal.
    Q4. Said the child to the father "how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son?
    Ans. It was the daughter that was speaking.
    Q5. Patch upon patch without any stitches. If you riddle me that I will buy you a pair of breeches?
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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