School: Shannagh (roll number 8400)
- Location:
- Shannagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: J. Hutchman
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 045
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Riddles.
What walks with its head down?
A nail in a boot.
A leaper of ditches, a clipper of thorns, a wee brown cow with two leather horns.
A rabbit.
Patch upon patch without any stitches come riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
A cabbage.
What goes round the house and peeps into every hole.
The sun.
What would make a pair of shoes?
Two shoes.
It is not out on you, it is not in on you but it's on and it's not heavy on you.
Your name.
Middy Noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
A pot with a wooden lid.
What has four legs and only one foot?
A bed.
What appears on every penny?
A date.
What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ruby Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Pollnaranny, Co. Donegal
