School: Baile Roibín, Knocktopher
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 205
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- What is full of holes and yet holds water
A. a sponge.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland could not take it up.
A. a well.
What side of the cup is the handle at
A. The out-side
What has teeth and cannot bite
A. a saw
What is very often put on the table cut and never eaten
A. a pack of cards.
What runs without legs
A. a river
Why is a book like a tree.
A. because they both have leaves.
What is the hardest riddle of all.
A. The riddle of life
What does a hen pick a pot.
A. because she can't like it.
What is it we often return and never borrow.
A. Thanks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cristina Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
