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School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (B.), An Gleann (roll number 11307)

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Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Cathasaigh
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    14. Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?
    It is at the end of beef.
    15. Under gravel I do travel. On green oak I stand. I rode a mare that never foaled and held the bridle in my hand?
    (A. ship)
    16. Why is a schoolmaster like a man with one eye?
    (When he has a vacancy for a pupil).
    17. When is a man up to his head and ears in debt?
    (When he has paid for the hat that's on his head).
    18. What is it that has three legs and yet can't walk?.
    (A stool).
    19. At what side of a jug is the handle?
    (The outside)
    20. This beautiful maid in a garden was laid, as fresh and as fair as the morn. She was made a bride the first day of her life and died before she was born?
    (Eve).
    21. If it takes 20 minutes to wash a baby. What will it take to dry it.
    ( A towel).
    22. What is it that is stuck with a lick?
    A stamp.
    23. Four little bottles above in a hill. Their heads turned down and yet can't spill?.
    (A cow's four teths).
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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
    Christy Sheahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick