Scoil: Drumraney (uimhir rolla 13571)

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1. Riddles

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   "Riddles I
   R- What insect does the blacksmith manufacture?
   A- He makes fire fly.
   R- What is that which rises and falls, wears out boots and yet has never any boots to wear.
   A- A football.
   R- What is most like a cat looking out of a window.
   A- A cat looking in.
   R- How long did Bain hate his brother.
   A- As long as he was Abel.
   R- Why is a donkey looking over a gate like a halfpenny.
   A- Because there is a tail on one side and a head on the other.
   R- I went to the wood and I got it and sat me down to look at it, the more I looked at it the less I liked it and I brought it home with me because I could not help it.
   A- A thorn.
   R- What goes up the ladder with its head down.
   A- A nail in a man's foot.
   R- Why is a bar of toffey like a race horse.
   A- The more you lick it that faster it goes.
   R- A little wood a little wire a little house without a fire.
   A- A bird's cage.
   R- I have a little sister with a red nose the longer she sits the shorter she grows.
   A- A candle.
   Written by= Maire Mc Garry, Drumraney, Moate.
   Collected by= Joseph Pugent, Toorbeg, Moate."

   

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   Bailitheoir

   Maire Mc Garry

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Droim Raithne, Co. na hIarmhí

   Faisnéiseoir

   Joseph Nugent

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   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Toorbeg, Co. na hIarmhí