School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 009
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- Riddle: As white as snow, as black as a sloe, and hops on the road like hail stones?
Answer: A magpie.
Riddle: What is it that wears boots and has no feet?
Answer: A road.
Riddle: Why does a dog go round and round before he lies down?
Answer: Looking for the head of his bed.
Riddle: What is it that flies and has no wings?
Answer: Dust.
Riddle: Whats the shiest thing in the house?
Answer: A clock it has its hands on its face.
Riddle: What is it that goes up in the air wears boots and has none?
Answer: A football.
Riddle: Forty sheep went through a gap forty more follow that, six, seven, ten eleven, three, and two how much is that
Answer: Five.
Riddle: If a man walks one mile and(continues on next page)
