School: Béal an Mhuirthid (C.) (roll number 14857)
- Location:
- Béal an Mhuirthead, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Sorcha, Bean Uí Náraidhe
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- Riddles
15th July 1938
What is it you would not like to have and if you had it you would not like to loose it.
(A: bald head) What is the difference between a white hen and a black hen
(A: black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg)Why is a proud lady like a drunken man
(A: They are both fond of the glass)Flies high, flies low, wears shoes but has none
(A: football)Its out of the wood and sounds and earns a shilling and many a crown.
(A: fiddle)Why does a hen pick a pot(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary O' Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal an Mhuirthead, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- John O' Boyle
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Béal an Mhuirthead, Co. Mhaigh Eo