School: Druminardly
- Location:
- Drumman Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin
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- (continued from previous page)RiddlesWhat would the sun be then?
Ans: Sin
6)
What side of a jug is the handle on?
Ans: On the outside
7)
Why is a black hen more clever than a white one?
Ans: Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
8)
Through the woods and through the woods and leaves a rag on every bush.
Ans: A Fog
9)
What is the oldest table in the world
Ans: The multiplication table.
10)
Little netticoat with the white petticoat and red nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Ans: A Candle
11)
If a ton of coal cost three shillings what will turf come to?
Ans: Ashes
12)
What is always behind the time?
Ans: The back of a clock.
Got from: Mrs Matthew Moffatt. Cronkell, Ruskey, Dromod, Co. Roscommon (55)
- 13)
It grows in the wood, it sounds in the town and many a crown it earns for its master
Ans: A Violin
14)
What's the first thing you do when you fall into water?
Ans: Get wet(continues on next page) - Informant
- Miss Maggie Hoare
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 26
- Address
- Mullaghmacormick, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Hoare
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Mullaghmacormick, Co. Roscommon
