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School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr Treasa
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Why is a lady's jumper like a piece of an orange peel?
    A. Because it is easy to slip on.
    Q. Why is a chicken crossing the road like a smash and -grab raid?
    A. Because it is a fowl proceeding.
    Q. Why was the man about to hit someone like a clock, with the hands at 12.59?
    A. Because he was about to strike one.
    Q. As I went over a stile one day. I met a little thing, it was neither fish, flesh, feather or bone, and yet in three weeks it walked alone?
    A. An egg.
    Q. What did Adam and Eve do, when ejected from the garden of Eden?
    A. They raised Cain.
    Q. What can you take away the whole from and have some left?
    A. Wholesome
    Q. As flat as a pan-cake as round as a pan the whole of a man and the half of a woman?
    A. A penny
    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 Fennelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr J. Fennelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois