School: Leaca Riabhach, Maghcromtha (roll number 9243)
- Location:
- Lackareagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)Each child had a cat. Each cat had a kitten. How many were going up to St Isle's?
One - Myself.
13.
Hard - working father, lazy old mother, twelve little children all the same colour?
A Clock.
14.
Niddy Noddy with a round black body, and a big flat hat. What is that?
A Pot.
15.
What is smaller than the eye of a needle?
The Thread.
16.
What goes round the field, round the field, and stops at every corner?
A mowing - machine.
17.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all?
The sun.
18.
What part of a fish goes the farthest?
The smell.
19.
Patch upon patch, without any stitches.
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pair of breeches?
A head of cabbage.
20.
What is it always walks with it's head down?
A nail in your boot.
21.
Four legs up, four legs down,
Soft in the middle and hard all round?
A Bed.(continues on next page)
