School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Nic Shiomóin
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  1. Riddles.
    1. Black + white and read all over.
    Newspaper.
    2. Black within and black without & many a
    lovely thing goes in and out. An Oven.
    3. Jenny in the ditch, Jenny out of the ditch
    and if you go near Jenny, she will bite you.
    Ans. A Nettle.
    4. A duck before two ducks, a duck in the
    middle between two ducks, and a duck
    behind two ducks, and a duck behind two
    ducks, how many ducks were there?
    Three.
    5. I went up the road and down the road and
    took the road on my back. A ladder.
    6. What walks with its head down? A nail in
    a boot.
    7. Around the house, and round the house
    and sleeps in the corner at night.
    A Broom.
    8. What goes round the field and round the
    field + drags a harrow after it. A hen with a
    clutch of chickens.
    9. Look at your hand + you'll plainly see what
    always was + always will be? One of your
    fingers longer that the other.
    10. A houseful, a roomful and you couldn't
    get a spoonful. Smoke.
    11. A hard-working father, a lazy old mother
    + twelve little children all the one colour.
    A clock.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English