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School: Headfort

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 101

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    Ques: Why did the donkey look over the wall?
    Ans: Because he could not look under it.
    Ques: What has two eyes and can't see?
    Ans: A scissors
    Ques: Which is it right to say "the yolk of an egg is white or the white of an egg is yellow?"
    Ans: The yolk of an agges yellow.
    Ques: Why did the rose blush?
    Ans: Because it was in the bed with Sweet William.
    Ques: Long legs, crooked thighs big head and no eyes?
    Ans: A pair of tongs.
    Ques: As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats each cat had seven kits, kits, cats, sacks and wives how many were going to St. Iveves?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Louis Mc Quade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan