School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)
- Location:
- Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Patrick Timbin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)Why doesn't a clock strike thirteen? Because it has not the face to do so.
As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman, the half of a man? A penny.
Niddy Nobby, round body three feet and a wooden hat?
A pot.
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches?
A cabbage.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat; you may guess forever but you wouldn't guess that?
A pipe.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball; can climb the church over steeple and all? The Sun.
What is black and white and red all over? A newspaper.
Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.
What part of the cow goes into the wood first?
Her breath.
Why do you go to bed? Because the bed won't come to you.
What is the first thing you do when you go into the bed? Toss it.
Round the house and round the house with the heads down? A nail in your boot. Round the house and round the house, and lies(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Langan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Langan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rosserk, Co. Mayo
