School: Árd an Teampoill (roll number 12568)
- Location:
- Mount Temple, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhoicheadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 261
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- (continued from previous page)A date.
Why is a tree like an aeroplane ?
One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its shed.
When do cooks appear angry ?
When they're whipping cream and beating eggs.
Why is a pig a curious creature ?
Because it is cured after it is killed.
What tables do we cook and eat ?
Vegetables.
What runs all over the house and never moves ?
The roof.
Riddle me, riddle me auntie o, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seed was black, the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you a pint ?
Currants in a cake.
Round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood ?
A knife in a mans pocket.
A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here they go there they go, now they stand still ?
Teeth in your gums.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball(continues on next page)
