School: Killanure, Mountrath (roll number 8095)
- Location:
- Killinure, Co. Laois
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhubhlainn
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- (continued from previous page)What is it,the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
A candle.
When is a dog not a dog? When it is a greyhound.
When is a door not a door? When it is a jar (ajar)
What is full and holds more? A pot of potatoes.
What goes over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire? A cake in a baker.
What goes over the water and under the water and never touches the water? The Moon. - What is the difference between a school master and a postage stamp? One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick.
A leaper of ditches. a cropper of corn,
A tight little fellow with two leather horns? A hare.
Riddle me, riddle me rye, one going in and two passing by?
A man sewing a boot.
Up chip cherry and down chip cherry not a man in Derry can climb chip cherry. Smoke.
The gun she split fire, it made a great smoke and it gave my poor shoulders a devil of a stroke. A shot.- Collector
- Séamus Ó Bhurcha
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Killinure, Co. Laois
- What is the smallest thing a girl could stand in? Her shoe.
When is a door nice to eat? When it is Jambed.(continues on next page)