School: Drom Fada (roll number 16137)
- Location:
- Drumfad, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Coluínn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 289
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- Some of the riddles which I know are:
As round as an apple as flat as a pan half of a woman and whole of a man.
Ans: A penny.
Seven white ladies all dressed in white they all took the fever and died that night.
Ans: Seven candles.
Over the sea there is a tree and on this tree there are seven branches and every branch has a different name.
Ans: The seven days of the week.
What is full and holds more.
Ans: A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
Hookedy brookedy where goes thou every year.
Ans: A river.
What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in its own dust.
Ans: A broom.
Small house doorless, full of meat and saltless.
Ans: An egg.(continues on next page)
