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School: Aughrim (B.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
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    (26) Why is a bad pen like an angry cat?
    Because it scratches.
    (27) Think, thank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
    A woman milking a cow.
    (28) Why is your eye like a school boy?
    Because it is always under the lash.
    (29) As I went out the world of Wigam Wagam I saw the father of the Figam Fagam tearing the world asunder I sent in for Hingum Dingum to drive the father Figum Fagam out of the world of Wigam Wagam?
    A sow with a litter of pigs.
    (30) Whitie and Blackie went up the hill, Blackie came down and Whitie stayed still?
    A hen which laid an egg.
    (31) Why is a school-master so much like an engine-driver?
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    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
    William Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow