School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 145
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Riddles
“Q A little round and white house and it is full of meat but it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat?”
Q A little round and white house and it is full of meat but it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat? An egg.
Q My old grand father behind the door with two hundred coats on him? A head of cabbage.
Q What goes up the ladder with its head down? A nail.
Q Hairy all over rough in the skin to things wagging and one going in? A sow eating.
Q What is the biggest nonsence in the world? Supping soup with a fork.
Q S4 I4 P2 M? Mississippi.
Q Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two lame men running for the police, and two dumb - men shouting hurry on? A lie.
Q If two black men and a whit man went for a drive in a car, if the two black men ate the white man what would be the number of the motor-car? 281
Q What goes in dry and comes out wet? Tea.
Q What eats all she gets but drinks(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Deerpark, Co. Laois