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School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)

Location:
Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q: Why is a dog like the bark of a tree?
    A: Because both barks die away
    Q: Why is an aeroplane like the trees?
    A: Because one leaves its sheds and the other sheds its leaves.
    Q: How many kinds of trees are in the forest?
    A: Two - crooked and straight
    Q: What insect lives on nothing?
    A: The moth, because he eats holes.
    Q: What is the ugliest hood ever worn?
    A: Falsehood.
    Q: What is the unhappiest tree?
    A: The Weeping Willow.
    Q: Why is a clock bashful?
    A: Because it always has its hands before its face
    Q: What is it that flies high, flies low, and yet wears out shoes?
    A: Dust.
    Q: What is it that nobody wants, and nobody wants to lose?
    A: A lawsuit.
    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
    Michael Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John Dwyer
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary