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School: Clochar

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Clogher, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhimsithigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 039

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Ans A needle.
    Q Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
    Ans Milking a Cow.
    Q Hairy all over rough of the skin two things wagging and one going in?
    Ans A Sow tearing up the ground.
    Q As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man.
    Ans A penny
    Q What is higher with its head off?
    Answer A pillow.
    Q Long and thin, tall and yellow, my gracious such a fellow?
    Ans A Carrot.
    Q One half dead the other half alive and a tail wagging?
    Ans A dog in a pot.
    Q If you fell from the spire of a church what would you fall against.
    Ans Your will.
    Q Whitie and Blackie went up the hill. Blackie came down and Whitie stood still?
    Ans A hen and A white egg.
    Q Niddy noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat
    Ans A pot.
    Q What goes from house to house and never goes into it?
    Ans A foot path
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