School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Béal Átha, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 003
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- (continued from previous page)14. How many sticks go to a crows' nest?
Ans:- No one they were all carried.
15. As I was going along the road I met a little man and he was crying. I asked him why he was crying and he said I would be more afraid of a cock and hen than of all King George's men.
Ans:-A worm.
16. What is a herring worth when it is half eaten.
Ans:-Turning.
17. What is in a riddle more than holes?
Ans:-Corners.
18. What has all eyes and no nose?
Ans:- A potato.
19. Little Tommie Tattle the size of a bottle with a yellow hair of stockings and a green and silver hat?
Ans:- A drake.
20. What goes up the ladder with its head downwards?
Ans:- A nail in your shoe.
21. What has teeth and cannot eat?
Ans:- A saw.(continues on next page)
