School: Dunshaughlin
- Location:
- Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlis Cogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 260
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- 1. What is the difference between a hill and a pill
One is hard to get up, the other is hard to get down2. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever you could not guess that
(A pipe)3. How far can a dog walk into a wood?
Halfway because he is coming out when he walks to the other way4. What boy in school has the biggest hat?
The boy who has the biggest head5. What has teeth yet never eats?
A comb6. What bow can never be tied
The rainbow7. What has four legs one foot and a head
A bed8. Riddle me, riddle me, auntie o, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe
A boy writing a letter9. What is full but holds more
A pot of potatoes before water is poured into them.
