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School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)

Location:
Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 044

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is better than God and worse than the devil
    Nothing.
    If King Cong married on a Whang and if King Congs wife died what would they put on the coffin?
    The lid.
    What is it that a dead man eats, and if a living man ate it would kill him.
    Nothing.
    Why is a stamp like an ass.
    Because one is put on with a lick and the other with a stick.
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    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
    Mary Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim