School: Cill Chláráin, An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Kilclaran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Muineóg
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Riddles.
Q1 In what does a lawyer resemble a snipe?
A In the length of his bill.
Q2 A head like a thimble and a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you wont guess that?
A A Pipe.
Q3.Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A because she cannot look under it.
Q4Two black men and a white man went out motoring one day the two black men eat the white .What was the number of the car.
A 281.
Q5 If a man had thirty pieces in his trousers what time would it be?
A it would be time to get a new one.
Q6 What walks with its head down?
A A nail in your boot.
Q7 If a man build a bridge from this to Dublin what height would it be?
A Height of nonsense .
Q8 Four little bottles lying on the side of the hill they are turned upside down but can't spill.
A A cow's tits when she is lying down.
Q9 Why is a dog's tail compared to the middle of a tree.
A because it is farthest away from the(continues on next page)- Collector
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