School: Cros-Bhóthar (roll number 14688)

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   A Black man's left hand.
   6) Why is the letter A like Soap?
   Because it is used in washing.
   7) Why are your eyes like a schoolmaster?
   Because they both have pupils.
   8) Why do some soldiers wear brass buttons on their coats and others wear steel buttons?
   To keep their coats buttoned.
   9) when is a clock dangerous? When it strikes one.
   10) When are birds like blossoms?
   When they are on trees.
   11) In what ways are a man and a candle alike? Both often smoke when they go out.
   12) Why is a sheaf of wheat like a donkey?
   Because it has long ears.
   13) Twenty-four white horses tied to a stable.
   The red one comes out and licks them all.
   Your teeth and tongue.
   14) As I went out the guttery gap
   I met my Uncle Pat
   I twisted the knife around his hat
   And left him there uneasy.
   A Head of Cabbage

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peigí Ruadháin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Pádraig Ó Ruadháin

   Age

   60