School: Clodiagh, Inistioge
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 414
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- (continued from previous page)A. I did with my own two.Q. Eight arms but not hand a wooden leg but cannot stand, is often wet, but cannot feel, has no boots, but is shod with steel. A dress of silk with a belt around the middle, now can you guess this funny riddle?
A. An umbrella.Q. When ought you lose your temper?
A. When it is a bad one.Q. What is always behind time?
A. The Back of a clock.Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman, and the half of a man?
A. A penny.Q. What goes around the floor all day, and sleeps in a corner at night?
A. A broom.Q. Change one pound into twenty pieces of silver without one shilling or a two shilling piece?
A. Five half-crowns and fifteen sixpences.Q. Londonderry, Cork, and Kerry, spell me them without a K?
A. Them.Q. What ladder couldn't you climb?
A. The ladder of a stocking.Q. As I was going to the Fair of St Ives, I met(continues on next page)
