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School: Shannow

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Coill Sheanaidh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 237

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    auctioneer have. Answer A forbidding one.
    What will give a cold, cure a cold and pay a doctor when cured. A draught (draft)
    My first is equality, my second is in - feriority, my whole is superiority. Answer. Matchless
    Why does a railway clerk cut a hole in your return ticket.
    Answer. To let you pass through
    Why is the (sum) sun like a hard-working carpenter. Answer. Because he is putting in beams all day.
    Why is an acquitted prisoner like a gun Answer, Because he is charged, taken up and then let off.
    At what time are children most like corn. Answer. When they are thrashed or when they have their ears pulled.
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    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    An Cnoc Rua, Co. an Chabháin