School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 45
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- 1 Riddle me, riddle me now, teeth like a cat, Bends like a bow. Riddle me, riddle me that. (A saw)
2 There was a woman one time, she had eight for dinner, she had only seven potatoes. How did she divide them equally among them? (She made poundies)
3 Why is Ireland like a bottle?
(Because there is a cork at the end of both)
4 It is as round as a riddle. It is as sharp as a lance. If you go on the top of it it would carry you to France. (The moon)
- Collector
- Eileen Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carnamogagh Lower, Co. Donegal
- 1 What has teeth and never eats? (A saw)
2 What has hands and never washes its face? (The clock)
3 Middy noddy, round body, three feet adn wooden hat. (A pot with a wooden lid)
4 What goes round the house and peeps into every corner. (The sun)
5 What goes round the house and stays in the corner (a brush)(continues on next page)
