School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)
- Location:
- Lú, Co. Lú
- Teacher: P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 024
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- (continued from previous page)One half-dead the other half living and a tail wagging?
A dog with his head in a pot.Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that?
A pipePatch upon patch without any stiches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?
A cabbageWhat goes round the wood and never gets into into the wood?
The back of a treeThink tank on the bank ten drawing four?
A man milking a cow.What is the shyest thing in the world?
A clock because it always has its hands on its face.If a man got a pound for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles?
Sore feet.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eóin Ó Ruadhghán
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullach an Bhaile, Co. Lú
