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

Location:
Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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  1. What's the difference between an Irish shilling and an English six pence?
    Six pence
    Spell blackbird in four letters
    Crow
    Why may we assume that a student is very hungry?
    Because he devours books
    Why is an acquitted prisoner like a gun?
    Because he is charged, taken up and then let off
    Why do some men and their wives resemble millstones?
    Because they are never seen together
    Three men went out for a walk one day, one of them had an umbrella and the other two had no umbrella. Which of them got wet first?
    None of them because it didn't rain
    What is it that always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Edward Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary