School: Dromin, Dunleer (roll number 6576)

Location:
Dromin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0669, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0669, Page 037

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  1. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman the other a man?
    A Penny.
    Light arms and a wooden leg, cannot stand and is often wet?
    An umbrella.
    What us full and holds more?
    A pot of potatoes while you pour water in
    Patches upon patches without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of trousers?
    A Cabbage.
    I saw a man on the road one day and he had a hundred patches on his trousers what time was it?
    Time to get a new pair.
    What tune does everyone want?
    Fortune.
    What miss does nobody want?
    Missfortune.
    As I went into the garden I saw a table and in the table there was a drawer, and in the drawer there was a cup, and in the cup there was a sup and that everyone must taste?
    Death.
    What cure killed the cat?
    Curiosity.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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