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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Ceit
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A. Because he is an ass.
    Q. What bed is made nice, soft and warm, and is not made for sleeping on?
    A. A flower bed.
    Q. Which day of the week is the strongest?
    A. Sunday, because all the rest are weekdays.
    Q. Why is a bad picture like weak tea?
    A. Because it is not well drawn.
    Q. If a yard of cloth makes a suit for a child what would make one for a man?
    A. A tailor.
    Q. Said a child to the father how does it come you are my father and I am not your son?
    A. Because it was a daughter.
    Q. There is a weaver in Athlone who has a brother a tailor and the tailor has no brother a weaver?
    A. The weaver is a sister.
    Q. Little thing, little thing, smaller than a mouse, has more windows than the big house?
    A. A thimble.
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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
    Kathleen Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Joseph Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon