School: Corcaghan (roll number 16129)
- Location:
- Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: F. Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 206
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All patches, no stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
(A cabbage head)
Why is black hen smarter than a white one
Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg
What is full in the daytime and empty at night.
(your boots)
What turns without moving
(Milk)
As round as an apple - as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man
(A English penny.)
As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks and every sack had seven oats and every cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks and wives how many were going to St Ives.
(One)
The more you take the more you leave behind you
(Steps).
