School: Bláithín Íosa, Lappin (?)
- Location:
- Lappanbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)What part of a cow goes through a gap first? her breath
Long legs, short thighs a big head and no eyes. The tongs.
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches? a head of cabbage.
What goes up the stairs and its head down? a nail in a mans boot.
King of morocco sent to Queen Ann a bottom-less vessel to hold flesh and blood in? A Ring.
Upstairs, downstairs, did you meet a bonny lass, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes. Trick her in the middle and off she goes? A Gun.
Forty sheep went through a gap and forty with more along that six, seven, ten, eleven two and three how many is that? Five
Where was Moses when the light went out? In the dark
Who are the two largest ladies in the United States? Mrs Sippi and Miss Ouri(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughlinnan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Peter Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughlinnan, Co. Cavan
