School: Cornamon (roll number 13926)
- Location:
- Cornaman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: John Kenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0197, Page 518
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- Riddles:-
These are some of the best known local riddles commonly used in the district.(1) I went to the wood and I found it. I sat down to look for it but I couldn't get it and I took it home with me because I couldn't find it.
Answer: A thorn in one's foot.
(2) Said a child to its father: how does it come that you are my father and I'm not your son?
Ans. The child was the daughter.
(3) What makes more noise at a gate than a pig?
Ans. Two pigs.
(4) What stands on one leg and has its heart in its head?
Answer. A head of cabbage.
(5) A kitchenfull, a roomfull and you couldn't get a spoonfull - Smoke.
(6) A duck before two ducks, a duck behind two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks - three ducks.(continues on next page)
