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School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 166

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    Answer. A draught (draft)
    7) My first is equality, my second is inferiority, my whole is superiority?
    Answer. Match-less.
    8) Why is a red-haired female like a regiment of infantry?
    Answer Because she carries fairlocks
    9) Why does a railway clerk cut a hole in your return ticket?
    Answer To let you pass through.
    10) Why is the sun like a hard-working carpenter?
    Answer Because he is putting beams in all day.
    11) With what song would you advertise a cure for deafness?
    Answer. "Come back to Erin."
    12) Why is an acquitted prisoner like a gun?
    Answer Because he is charged, taken up, and let off.
    13) Why are some birds melancholy in the morning?
    Answer Because their little bills are all over due.
    14) Why are fast-girls like gall-lamps?
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    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
    Grace Crawford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stirrupstown, Co. Meath