School: Leath-cheathrú (roll number 13437)

Location:
Lecarrow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Ó Maidín
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  1. (1) Which is the correct thing to say the yoke of the egg is white or the yoke of the egg are white
    (II) If four and five make nine what will tin make.
    (III) What has one eye and cannot see.
    (IV) What is under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
    (V) Its deep and its damp and green above the bank and its for for a lord or a lady.
    (VI)Round the house and round the house and all heads down.
    (VII) Round the house round the house and leaves loafs on every window.
    (VIII)Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat never guess that
    (VIIII) What is full and holds more.
    (X) Patch upon patch without any stitches if you riddle me that I will buy a britches.
    (XI) Why do you go to bed.
    (XII) What is the first thing you do when you go to bed.
    (XIII) Why does a horse look over the ditch.
    (XIV) Where was Moses when the light went out.
    (XV) Why does a hen pick the pot.
    (XVI) It goes in dry wet and it comes out wet
    XVII Its black and its white and its red all over.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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