School: Loch Rois (roll number 1751)
- Location:
- Loughros, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Stiofán Ó Braonáin
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- (continued from previous page)13. What goes round the house and round the house and always stands at the back door. Ans= a twig
14. Its black and white and red all over. Ans=a Newspaper
15. What do you meet between two hills= A valley.
16. What tree do you carry in your hand=Ans= palm
17. If you went up on the house and fell what would you fall against. Ans= Your will.
18. What goes up when the rain comes down. = Umbrella
19. As round as an apple as deep as a cup= A well
20. Hink Hank under a bank ten drawing four= A woman milking a cow.
21. As I was going to St Ives I met nine old wives and the nine old wives had nine sacks, and in the nine sacks were nine kits kits cats wives and all how many were going to St Ives?
It was only 9 that was going there.22. There were three millers in Donegal they had a blacksmith a brother and the blacksmith had no brother at all
23. Q. What is always behind time? Back of a clock
24. They always travel with their head down? Nails in [?]
25. Full but can hold more? A pot of potatoes may hold [?]
26. Patch upon patch sewed without stitches, riddle me that and I'll give you my britches? A head of ca[bbage?]
27. I have a little horse with an iron tongue, as quick as he gallops he swallows the rope? A spinning wheel(continues on next page)
