School: Enfield (roll number 8194)
- Location:
- Innfield, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Edward Farrell
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Patches upon patches without stitches upon stitches riddle me that and I will give you my britches. (Answer) A head of cabbage.Before it was done, it was done, when it was being done it done and after it was done it it was not done atall.
(Answer) A girl being married named Dunne.Why does a hen pick the pot. (Answer) Because she can't lick it. What is the first part of a cow that comes out of a gate.
(Answer) Her breath.The longer it lives, the shorter it grows.
(Answer) A candle.When you cut a bit of it it gets bigger.
(Answer) A grave.Why does a cow look under the moon. (Answer) Because she cannot look over it.What goes round the house with a harrow after it.
(Answer) A hen with a clutch of chickens.(continues on next page)
