School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Bella, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 001
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- 1. Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a breeches.
Ans:- Head of cabbage.
2. Why is July sun like sixpence?
Ans:- Because it is a tanner.
3. The more you take from it the bigger it gets.
Ans:- A grave.
4. The seed was black, the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
Ans:- Ink and paper.
5. Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
Ans:- THAT
6. Full of holes and no hole bored.
Ans:- A thimble.
7. As I was going out a dirty gap I met my Uncle David. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy.
Ans:- A bottle of whiskey.(continues on next page)
