School: Greaghagarran
- Location:
- Gréach an Ghearráin, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: B.Nic Fhearghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 283
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- 1. How many feet has 40 sheep, the shepherd and his dog? Two feet.
2. Riddle me riddle me, randy ree my father gave me seed to sow the seed was black the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe. A man writing with pen and ink on paper.
3. Long legs crooked thighs, wee head and no eyes? A pair of tongs.
4. What's full and holds more? A pot of potatoes.
5. Why does a hen cross the road? To get to the other side.
6. A house-full, a roomful, and you could not catch a spoonful? Smoke.
7. What goes up the chimney, down, and wouldn't go down the chimney up? An umbrella.
8. Look me in the face and I'm everybody, scratch my back and I'm nobody? A mirror.
9. As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not pull it up? A well.
10. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, as high as the market-house steeple and all? The moon.
11. Why does a hen pick a pot-stick? Because she can't lick it.(continues on next page)
