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School: Corrdún

Location:
Cartron, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 91

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    A ropemakers daughter was getting married to a soapmakers son. The ropemaker said he would giver her as a fortune the following: Twenty yards of rope and in every yard there were twenty knots and in every knot there were twenty purses and in every purse there were twenty pence. How much of a fortune did he giver her. (£666 = &13=D4)
    As I went up the boreen I met my Aunt Noreen I cut off her head and drank her blood and left her body standing. (A bottle of whiskey I took off the cork and drank the whiskey.)
    What is that never was or never will be.
    (A mouse's nest in a cats car.)
    What is the first thing that smells when you go into a flower garden. (Your nose)
    Why is a black hen better then a white hen. (Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.)
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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
    T. Foley
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Foley
    Gender
    Male