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School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)

Location:
An tIomaire Buí Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    a towel for the face of the earth.
    Why is a bottle like Ireland?
    Because there is a cork in a bottle and there is a Cork in Ireland.
    How many wells would make a river?
    One if it were big enough.
    A dress has what everything has and what has it?
    It has a name.
    How many yards of cloth wold make a dress for the moon?
    One it if was big enough.
    What goes all round the house by day and sleeps behind the door by night?
    The brush.
    What is half the moon like?
    The other half.
    Why does a man go up to top of a field?
    Because the top of the field would not come down to him.
    What part of a car goes into town first?
    The noise.
    If a man got a sixpence for walking a mile of the road, what would he get for walking thirty miles?
    He would get sore feet.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dún na Slinn Thoir, Co. Chorcaí