School: Drummullan (roll number 13829)
- Location:
- Drummullin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Oirealla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 310
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles.
Round the house, and round the house and its puddings after it.
A hen and chickens.
What is it that is in a house and is the name of a bird.
A crane.
What is full and holds more.
A pot of potatoes.
A flock of white sheep on a red hill here they go, there they go and now they stand still.
The teeth in your gum.
Ink ank under the bank and ten drawn four.
A woman milking a cow.
Round the (house) fire and round the fire but never touches the fire.
A cake in an oven.
Long legged father, big bellyed mother and three little children, and one as black as the other.
A pot, pot hooks and three feet.
As I looked out on my grandfather's window, I say twenty four wild cats tearing up the ground.
A harrow.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Gormley
- Gender
- Male
