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School: Cill Tormóir (Cailíní)

Location:
Kiltormer, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Rós, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0273

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A white bird featherless flew from Paradise and landed on the domain wall?
    Snow.
    If a man had 10 patches on his coat what time would it be?
    Time he'd got a new one.
    Why is a washer woman like a navigator?
    Because she spreads her sheets, crosses the line, and goes from pole to pole.
    In Parker's park there walked a deer, golden eyes, and silver ears. He had neither flesh, skin or bone, but in Parker's park he walked alone?
    The sun.
    As I went out a puddly gap I saw a lump of fat, and twenty thousand carpenters were working on it.
    A cow dung and the bees working on it.
    Why did the tap run?
    Because the kitchen flue (flew)
    Why is the sun like a hard working carpenter?
    Because he is putting in beams all day.
    What is the keynote to good manners?
    B natural.
    Why should a poor man drink coffee?
    Because he has no property.
    What must you do before going up some steps?
    Go up.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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