School: Koilmore (roll number 14115)
- Location:
- Cuilmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Murchadha
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- "Why does a cow look over the ditch"?
Answer. Because she can not look under it.
"Why does a hen pick the pot"?
Answer. Because she can not lick it.
There's a little red man on the top of the hill, and he is more afraid of the cock, and the hen than all King Jeorge's men.
Answer. A worm.
"What has two hundred, and eighty kidneys, and no legs"?
Answer. A worm.
As I went up the garden I met my Uncle Davie
I cut his head off, and left his body easy.
Answer. A head of cabbage.
A duck before two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, and a duck between two ducks.
"How many ducks are that"?
Answer. Three ducks.
What's more than holes in a riddle?
Answer. Corners.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb over chapel, and steeple, and all.
Answer. The Sun.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Martin Hession
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuilmore, Co. Mayo