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Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 377

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Ans When it is going on to eight.
    Why is it dangerous to sleep in a train?
    Ans Because the train runs on sleepers.
    Why is a train compared to a flea?
    Ans Because they both run on sleepers.
    I have a little house and it has as many windows as the Lord Mayor's house.
    And A thimble/
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Ans Because she can't lick it.
    I looked out in a wonderful window. I saw a wonderful thing I saw the dead carrying the living. What is the wonderful thing?
    Ans A train carrying it's passengers.
    How many furze in an acre of furze?
    Ans One and the rest
    If you got up on an ass what would you get down of.
    Ans You would get down off a goose.
    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
    Richard Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Bracken
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly