School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

Location:
Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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  1. Other Riddles
    1. Why does a cow look over the wall
    (because she can't look under it)
    2. As round as an apple as plump as a pail, it never cried crack till it's shook by the tail.
    (A Bell).
    3. What can pick as bare as a goose.
    (a gander).
    4. What are the lightest counties in Ireland.
    (Cork and Down.).
    5. I went to America and I stopped there. I came home again because I did not stop there.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English