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School: Cloncarneel

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Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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    As I went up a boreen I met my uncle Dick I cut his throat I licked his blood and left him lying easy?
    A bottle of stout.
    Why is a nail in the wall like an old and feeble man?
    Because it is in firm (infirm)
    What is the difference between an angler and a dunce?
    One baits his hook and the other hates his book.
    What is alike about a fisherman and a beggar?
    Both are looking for a bite.
    When is a peny like a hermit?
    When it is a loan (alone).
    Why should Ireland soon be rich?
    Because its capital is Dublin (doubling).
    What has a neck and body and nothing else?
    A bottle.
    What has a head and can't get a hat to fit it?
    Bray Head.
    What is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
    Because it's gone out of your head.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Harmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodtown, Co. Meath