School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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    Two iron ears and can't hear;
    Three iron legs and can't walk?
    - A pot.
    31 Patches upon patches without any stitches
    Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
    - A head of cabbage.
    32 What is full and can hold more?
    - A pot full of potatoes will hold water.
    33 What goes away above ground and returns under it?
    - A man who goes for sods and brings them back on his head.
    34 What is the strongest animal in the world?
    - The snail, because he carries his house on his back.
    35 Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    - Because she can't look under it.
    36 Little Jenny Huddle sits in a puddle,
    With a green gown and a yellow cap.
    - A flagger (i.e., wild iris).
    37 Ink-ank on the bank, ten drawing four?
    - A man milking a cow.
    38 Twenty-six sheep went out a gap; one died and how many were left?
    - Nineteen (Twenty 'sick' sheep).
    39 Alive in the front, dead in the middle, and baptised behind?
    - A man ploughing.
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