School: Baile Bran, Ogonollae
- Location:
- Ballybran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 031
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- In this parish there are hundreds of riddles which are as follows
q. Why does the hen cross the road
a. Because she wants to get to the other side
q. As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy
a. A head of cabbage
q. A man without eyes saw plums on a tree he neither took plums nor left plums and how would that be
a. A man with one eye saw two plums on a tree he took one plum and left one plum
q. What part of the cow goes over the wall first
A. Her breath
Q. Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire
A. A Cake in an oven
Q. Black and white and read all over.
A. A paper
Q. As I looked out my windows I lost what I could not pick up.
A. My spit
Q. Two dead men fighting two blind men looking on two cripples running for the police and two dummies telling them hurry on.
A. A bag of lies.(continues on next page)
