School: Na Tearmoinn (B.) (roll number 8931)
- Location:
- Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 309
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- A hopper of ditches, a cutter of corn; a little brown cow without any horn?
Answer: A hare.Forty sheep went out a gap, twenty white and twenty black; six and seven, twice eleven, three and two; how many is that?
Answer: Five sheep.'Tis black and 'tis white and 'tis read all over?
Answer: A newspaper.I had a little house and a mouse couldn't fit in it, and all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it?
Answer: A thimble.A duck behind two ducks; a duck before two ducks and a duck between two ducks.
Answer: Three ducks.What is it that when it's too short a bit is cut out of it to make it long enough?
Answer: A grave.Riddle me, riddle me, randis; my father gave me seeds to sow. The seeds were black and the ground was white; riddle me that and I'll give you a pint?
Answer: A woman making seed bread.What part of a cow goes over a ditch first?
Answer: Her breath.How far can a dog go into a wood?(continues on next page)
