School: Askamore (roll number 15675)
- Location:
- Askamore, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Margaret McGrath
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 007
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- It is neither within, nor without. but it is somewhere under the roof of the house.
Ans: A window.
A house full, a room full and could not catch a spoonful.
Ans: Smoke.
As white as a lily, as red as a rose, the longer she lives, the shorter she grows.
Ans: A candle.
No legs, no toes, touch it in the middle and off it goes.
Ans; A gun.
Why did the penny stamp?
Ans: Because the threepenny
bit.
Spell black water in three letters.
Ans: Ink.
Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
Ans; Gap.
In Prince's port I am the chief.I am the death of many a thief. I swim by sea. I burn my land. my riddle is hard to understand.
Ans; A ship.
The man that made it, sold it. the man that bought it did not want it, and the man that wore it never saw it.
Ans; A coffin.
Four bars of iron and ten attending. They go in and out,around about until the job is ended.
Ans; a woman.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Reddy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aska More, Co. Wexford
