School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)7. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man.
Ans. A penny.
8. Ink ank under the bank ten drawing four.
Ans. A woman milking a cow.
9. All patches, no stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches.
Ans. A head of cabbage.
10. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, and all the men in Derry would not raise it up.
Ans. A well.
11. Round the world, and round the world, and leaves a white rag on every bush.
Ans. Snow.
12. What is full and holds more?
Ans. A pot of potatoes.
13. If tweinty sick sheep went out a gap, if one died how many came back?
Ans. Nineteen.
14. If you fell off the dresser, what would you fall against.
Ans. Your will.
15. What is full and you cannot take a spoonful out of it?
Ans.Smoke.
16. How many feet has forty sheep a sheperd and his dog?
Ans. Two.
17. What goes in between two woods and comes out between to waters.(continues on next page)
