School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)has no boots but shod with steel, has a coat of silk with a belt around the middle, now can you guess this silly riddle.
A. An Umbrella.
Q. Where was Moses when the light was quenched.
A. In the dark.
Q. Ink , ank under the bank, ten drawing four.
A. A woman milking a cow.
Q. What's the shyest thing in the house.
A. A clock because it always has its hands up to its face.
- Q. How many feet have forty sheep, a shepard and his dog.
A. Two
Q. Where was God while the heavens were making.
A. In his glory.
Q. What part of a cow gets over the ditch first.
A. Her breath.
Q. What town can get in a bottle.
A. Cork - Collector
- Matthew Tuohy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Tuohy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
