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School: Baile an Londraigh (B.) (roll number 14305)

Location:
Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Buachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 007

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    Riddles.
    Stretch out your hand and you will see what is not, what was not, nor what never will be. Ans. = Equal length of your fingers.
    Who is the holiest man in the world?
    A Shoemaker.
    If you throw a man out a window what does he fall against?
    Against his will.
    Which is the oldest tree in the wood?
    The Elder.
    What is it t hat is put on the table, cut and never eaten?
    A pack of cards.
    How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog,
    Two.
    It went to America and stopped there. It was sent home again because it did not go there.
    A Watch.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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