School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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- A stick on my back a stone a stone in my belly riddle me that and I will give you a penny?
A plum.
Why is a tall man lazier than a small one?
Because he is longer in the bed.
If an asse's head is facing the north where will his tail be facing? The ground.
What has a mouth and no tongue? A river
If you were going down the road on an ass what would you boath represent? A pair
- Collector
- Denis Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- What flies with four wings.
Two birds.
What has a neck and a body but nothing else
A bottle.
What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows. A Candle
When should you lose your temper.
When it is a bad temper.
What will go up the chimney down, but wont come down the chimney up
An umbrella.
If a ton of coal coast 2/d what would a ton of turf come to. Ashes.
A house ful a room ful but still you couldint catch a spoon ful. Smoke.
