School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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- RiddlesQ. What is it that money can't buy?
A. Teeth for the mouth of the Shannon, a button for a coat of paint, a boot for the foot of Keeper.
Q. Why is love like a banana skin
A. Because it always lets you down.
Q. What is half the moon like
A. The other half
Q. How many hairs on a bull
A. Four (three pence = 1/2)
Q. There is a man in a field and if you lift up his hand his nose will bleed.
A. A pump.
Q. What is it that makes boots, it hops it flies and it cannot walk.
A. A football.- Informant
- Seán Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick