School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- An Bhuiríos, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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- (continued from previous page)after him. "Hulla hull" says the young lad that the young lad may catch the big lad.Riddles
Que Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I shall buy you a pair of breeches?
Ans A head of cabbage.
Ques. What goes up a ladder with their heads down?
Ans. Nails in a mans boot.
Ques. As I went out in a Slobery Gap I met my uncle Davy I cut of his head and drank his blood and left his body lying easy.
Ans. Drawing a cork out of a bottle of stout and leaving the bottle down.
Ques. What stands on its head all day?
Ans. A brush.
Ques. What is a herring worth when it is half eaten?
Ans. Turning.- Collector
- Patrick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Maurice Kelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill Chalatroma, Co. Cheatharlach