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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 16725)

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Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Mocháin
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    A. A knot.
    R. What has one head, one foot and four legs?
    A. A bed.
    R. What is the queerest animal on earth?
    A. An authop because his tail grows out of his head.
    R. What comes between "A" and "Z"?
    A. And.
    R. Why is a shoe maker so like a died man?
    A. Because he leaves down his awl to prepare his sole for the last.
    R. If a man takes three quarters of an hour to wash himself what would he take to dry himself.?
    A. A towel.
    told to me by
    Mr Fitzgerald
    Hill View
    Carrick-Beg
    Carrick-on-Suir.
    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
    Informant
    Mr Fitzgearld
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickbeg, Co. Tipperary