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School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)

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Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 043

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    Q. What is it that is as round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland would not pull it up.
    A. The sun in the well.
    Q. What is it that rains and never wets anything.
    A. A King (reign)
    Q. Why does a hen cross the road.
    A. To get to the other side.
    Q. How many balls of twine would it take to cross the Atlantic
    A. One if it was long enough.
    Q. Why is Ireland like a ball in a basin of water
    A Because it was surrounded By water
    Q. As I looked out of my Grandmothers window I saw a wonderful thing I saw the dead carry the live, was that not a wonderful thing
    A. A Ship.
    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
    Phelim Marron
    Gender
    Male