School: Crummy (roll number 12691)
- Location:
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 340
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Riddles 22-11-'371. What side of the Mug is the handle on?
On the outside.
2. Two ducks before a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle. How many ducks? Three ducks.
3. As white as milk, as black as ink and its hops on the road before you? A mag.
4. Whats full and holds more? A pot of potatoes, when you pour water in.
5. What is it, the more you take out of it the bigger it gets? A Grave.
6. As round as apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry wouldent lift it up? Well
7. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side is a woman, and the other a man? An English penny.
8. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, Can climb the Church, over steeple, and all.
Sun.
9. He that buys it, its not for himself, and man that wants it little cares? A Coffin.
10. What is the difference between a jewlar and a gailar? A Jewlar sells watches and a gailer watches cells.
11. What walks with its head down? A Nail in your boot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rantoge Glebe, Co. Leitrim
