School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

Location:
Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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  1. (1) Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire? Ans= A cake in an oven.
    (2) Under the water and over the water and never touches the water? Ans= A pale of water on a woman's head going across a bridge.
    (3) As I went out the garden gap I met met my uncle Thady. I cut of his head and left his body east? Ans= A head of cabbage.
    (4) It is black and white and read all over? Ans= A newspaper.
    (5) The (the) man who made it never wore it and the man who wore it never saw it. Ans= A coffin.
    (6) As round as a biscuit, as busy as a bee, the nicest thing you could ever see? Ans= A clock,
    (7) Why does a cow look over the ditch? Ans= Because she can't look under it.
    (8) On what side of a jug is the handle? Ans= the outside.
    (9) What is most like half the moon? Ans= The other half.
    (10). It has a neck and a body and nothing else? Ans= a bottle.
    (11). A little white woman with a little
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway