School: Castletownconyers, Ráthluirc (roll number 14077)
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brosnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 360
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- (1) Ink, ank, under a bank, ten drawing four. Answer, a man milking.
(2) White and black and read all over. Answer, a newspaper.
(3) As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hail-stones. Answer, a magpie.
(4) A small little house on the top of the hill, there is a room in it, in the room there is a table, in the table there is a drawer, in the drawer there is a cup in the cup there is a sup and no one must taste it. Answer, death
(5) Four little bottles on the top of the hill, their tops turned and can not spill. Answer, cows paps.
(6) What are things that are cut and brought to the table but never cut like knives. Answer, a deck of cards.
(7) What is the greatest wonder in the map of Europe. Answer, that Hungary does not eat Turkey.
(8) Why does the hen cross the road. Answer, to come to the other side.
(9) Riddle me, Riddle me, rant me four, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me that(continues on next page)
