School: Carley (roll number 5332)
- Location:
- Crooked Wood, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Brigid Cooke
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 307
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- 1. Where was the first nail struck in Noah's Ark?
(On the Head)
2. Twleve men crossed a river in a boat & there was not a single person in it.
(All married men).
3. What is all panes and can't feel them.
(A window).
4. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never seen it.(A coffin).
5. What has a foot & legs & can't walk
(A pot).
6. What goes up the chimney down, but cant come down the chimney up
(An umbrella).
7. All patches & no stitches riddle me that & I'll give you my breecher
(A head of cabbage).
8. Its neither round nor square and its feathered with hair & sometimes it makes a drop of water
(The eye).
9. How does a river resemble a watch.
(Neither runs far without winding).
10. Why is it so difficult to steal a pair of shoes
(Because one of them is always left).
11. Everything has it & so has a needle
(A name).
12. Round the wood and round the wood but never goes into it
(The bark of a tree).
13. Round the wood, round the wood, and always has his head down
(Nail in a boot).
14. Who was the first man who travelled round the moon
15. What is the shyest thing in a house
(The clock - it keeps its hands before its face).(continues on next page)
