School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)

Location:
Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
James Morgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 419

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    Answer :- A "bessum" (broom).
    Four stick-standers, (legs)
    Fourt tiddly-anders, (spins)
    Two peepers, (eyes)
    Two crookers, (horns)
    A licker, and (tongue)
    a scutcher (tail)
    Answer :- A cow.
    If a score of sheep, a shepherd and his dog went down the road, how many feet would there be?
    Answer :- Two (the shepherd's)
    North, South, East and West, twenty-four teeth and no mouth?
    Answer :- A harrow.
    As I went out my grandfather's gap,
    I met a man with a red hat,
    A stick in his hand and a stone in his belly.
    Riddle me that and I'll give you a penny
    Answer :- A haw.
    If a shopkeeper looked in his till and found it empty what seven letters in the alphabet would he use?
    Answer :- O I C U R M T. (Oh I see you are empty)
    A beautiful maiden laid in a garden,
    She was made a wife the first day of
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English