School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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  1. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
    A cabbage.
    What is it that always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    Black and white and read all over.
    A newspaper.
    What's full and holds more? A pot full of potatoes.
    How is "t" like an island?
    Because it is always in the middle of water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Mac Oscair
    Gender
    Male
  2. Clink, Clink, Clink and never takes a drink.
    A horses shoe.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man.
    A penny.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up.
    A Well.
    How many wells make a river?
    One if it was big enough.
    What goes up the chimney down and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.