School: Cillín (Portomna)
- Location:
- Killeen South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Dúnadhaighe
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles (continued)
Q :It is in the meadow and it is not cut. Its in the shop and its not bought. Its in the
river and it is not drowned. What's that?
A :The Sun.
Q :The man that made it never wore it, the man that wore it never saw it. What's
that?
A : A coffin.
Q : What goes around the wood and around the wood and never gets into the
wood?
A : The bark of a tree.
Q : Patch upon patch, without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of
breeches?
A : (A head of cabbage)
Q : One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging?
A : A dog with his head in a pot.
Q : Why was beef the highest?
A : When the cow jumped over the moon.
Q : As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hail-stones
A : A mag-pie.
Q : What is lighter than a feather?
A : A woman"s head.
Q : Once in every mountain, once in every moon, twice in summer, but never in
June.
A : The letter MKilleen N S district
- Collector
- Killeen National School District
