School: Drummons (roll number 14337)
- Location:
- Drummans, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Sutcliffe
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- A Collection of RiddlesIf a farmer raises ten ton of wheat on a dry summer, what would he raise on a wet summer?
Answer: An umbrella.Spell a broken down ditch with three letters?
Answer: Gap.I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers and saw the dead burying the alive?
Answer: Raking the fire.As I was going to the fair of St Eves
I met a man with seven wives
Every wife had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens.
How many were going to the fair of St Eves?
Answer: One.What part of the cow goes into the byre first?
Answer: Her breath.What turns without moving?
Answer: Milk.I have a little house,
And it would not hold a mouse.
And it has as many windows as a King's House?
Answer: A thimblePatch upon patch without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pair of breeches.
Answer: A cabbage.(continues on next page)
