School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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  1. "Whats full and holds more?"
    "A pot full of potatoes, when you pour water in.
    "As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb the church oe'r steple and all?"
    "The sun."
    "Patch upon patch with any sticths riddle me that and I'll give you a pair or breeches."
    "A head of cabbage."
    "Riddle me riddle me rante rog, Me father gave me seeds to sow, the seed was black and the ground was white riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe"?
    "A newspaper"
    "What's the strongest animl in the world"?
    "A snail, because he carries his house"
    "What walks with its head down?"
    "A nail in your boot."
    "As round as an apple, as flat as a pan on one side a woman and the other side a man"
    "A penny"
    "Inside and outside and never tips inside or outside"
    "A window"
    "Round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood"
    "The bark of a tree"
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English