School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 174
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Q. What has pains but never feels them?
A. A window.
Q. What volumes bring the tears to your eyes?
A. Volumes of smoke.
Q. What has no wings but can fly?
A. Dust.
Q. There is a corner in a room, in the corner there is a cup, in the cup there is a sup, which everyone must taste?
A. Death.
Q. Why is toffee like a racehorse?
A. The faster you lick it the quicker it goes.
Q. A I went into a field of wheat I found something good to eat twas neither fish flesh fowl nor bone what was it?
A. An egg.
Q. What is full but holds more?
A. A pot full of potatoes when you put water in.
Q. Through rock, through reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin of pepper, through a horses shin-bone, such a riddle was never known.
A. Moth.
Q. There was a man went through this town, Great, Grizzle was his name, his saddle-girths(continues on next page)
