School: Baile Uí Ghrádaigh, Ceann Tuirc
- Location:
- Ballygrady South, Co. Cork
- Teacher: N., Bean de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)on the road like hailstone.
Answer:- A magpie.
- RiddlesWhat at certain times walks with its head down.
Answer:- A nail in a boot.
Middy moddy round body three feet and a wooden hat.
Answer:- A pot.
What is full and holds more.
Answer:- A pot of potatoes when you pour water in.
What goes all round and never gets into the wood.
Answer:- The bark of a tree.
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
Answer:- A head of cabbage.
As I was walking through a field I met my uncle Davie, I cut off his head and left his body go easy. - Collector
- Thomas Buckley
- Gender
- Female
