School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- Over the head and under the hat you can guess for ever but you would not guess that?
The hair of your head.
- Collector
- M. Ó Droma
- Gender
- Male
- Hitty hatty on the wall,
HItty hatty got a fall,
Three score men and
three score more
would not fix hitty hatty the way he was before.
An eggHow can you carry water in a riddle?
When there is ice on it.How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
None until they are carried.How would you compare the middle of a tree to a dog's bark? Because it is the farthest away from the bark.How would you carry water in a sive without upsetting?
When there is ice on it.
