School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)(7) Patch upon patch without any stitches
Riddle me that, and I buy you a pair breeches?
(A Cabbage)
(8) What has a head and no face?
(A Match)
(9) As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
Can climb over church, over steeple and all?
(The Sun).
(10) Why does a cow lie down?
(Because she can't sit down)
(11) Long legs, short thighs,
Wee head, and no eyes?
(The Tongs)
(12) Why does a dog go round, and round before he lies down?
(Because there is no head to his bed)(continues on next page)
