School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 052
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- (continued from previous page)"Riddle me riddle me ree has an eye and can't see?"
"A needle."Patch upon patch without any stitches; riddle me that and I will give you a pair of breeches"?
"A head of Cabbage."Riddle-me-riddle-me-ree, 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"?
"Ink and white paper."As I looked out my grandfather's window, I saw my uncle Davy. I cut his throat and sucked his blood and left him lying easy?"
"A bottle of porter."A leaper of ditches, A clipper of thorns, A little brown cow and a pair of leather horns?"
"A hair."Why is the letter "t" never late?"
"Because its always in time!"What is it that occurs once in a minute,
"twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?"(continues on next page)
