School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)
- Location:
- Gortskehy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 208
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- (continued from previous page)243. Why are clouds like coachmen?
(Because they both hold the reins)
244. Born the same time as the world, destined to live as long as the world. Yet never five weeks old.
( The moon)
245. What is the difference between your overcoat and a baby?
( One you wear, the other you were)
246. Why are balloons like vagrants?
( Because they have no visible means of support)
247. When is a trunk like two letters of the alphabet ?
( When it is M.T (empty))
248.Could you take two from one?
(Yes, you could take two lambs from one sheep)
249. Why does a man's head turn grey sooner than his beard?
(Because his beard is twenty years younger)
250. Why is a baker a silly fellow?
(Because he parts with what he kneads)
251. What is it that never was and never will be?
( A rat's nest in a cat's ear)
252. Why are there so few horses in Isle of Wight?
(Because people prefer Cowes to Ryde)
253. When is a field like a target?
(When there is a bull in it)
254. Which is the greatest riddle?
( Life, for we all have to give it up)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Annefield, Co. Mayo
