School: Ballinalee (roll number 1174)
- Location:
- Ballinalee, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Mainchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 215
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- How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog - Two.
Why does a donkey eat thistles - because he's an ass.
What goes round the world and leaves a loaf in every window - Snow.
What goes up a ladder with its head down - A nail in a man's boot.
"Patch upon patch without any stitches
Riddle me that and I'll give you a breeches" - A head of cabbage.
"Head like a thimble, tail like a rat.
Yould guess for ever but you wouldn't get that" - A pipe.
What is brought to the table, cut, but never eaten - Pack of cards.
"I have a little house and it is full of meat.
It has no door or window to let me in and eat" - An egg
Black and white went up a hill, black came down but white stood still - a black hen laid a white egg.
What goes through the wood and through the wood but never touches the wood - Aknife in aman's pocket.
What grows over the head and under the hat - Hair on the head.
Black and white and red (read) all over - Newspaper.
What breaks immediately - Silence.
What time is it when four cats are eating one fish
A quarter to one
I've a little red cow. if I give her hay she improves but if I give her water she dies - A fire.
What goes round the house and round the house and stops at the door - The twig-broom.
Why was Adam a great winner - He was first in the race.(continues on next page)
