School: Clochar (roll number 11910)
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Lil Nic Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 007
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- RiddlesBlackie and Whitie went up the hill. Blackie came back and Whitie stood still.
Answer = A hen that layed an egg.
Twenty - four white cows standing in a stall, up comes a red one and ticks them all.
Answer = Your tongue and teeth.
Little Miss Etico sits in her petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
Answer = A candle.
As I went up to Dublin I met a little preacher. I put him in my pocket for fear the ducks might eat him. He began to bite me and I began to beat him. I threw him in a puddle and I told the ducks to eat him.
Answer = A frog.
Spell "broken - down - ditches" in three letters?
Answer = A gap.
Flies high, flies low, wears shoes and has no shoes.
Answer = A football.
I have a little house, it wouldn't hold a mouse and there are as many windows on it as the Lord Mayor's house.
Answer = A thimble.
What never was and never will be?
Answer = A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ellen Darcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Darcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Leitrim
