School: Knockanargan, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Knockanarrigan, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Annie Draper
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 058
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- (continued from previous page)his ear pulled. Riddle me riddle me nanty [?] so My father gave me seeds to sow. The seeds were black and the ground was white.
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a piper? Pen, paper and ink. Why is hot bread like a caterpillar? Because it makes the butter fly. What is full of holes more? A pot of potatoes when you pour water in. Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k? That. What isn't nor wasn't nor never will be. Just look in your hand and see? Your little finger is not the same length as the rest. Why is the letter E like London? Because London is the capital of England. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all? The sun. Middy - Noddy round body. three feet and a wooden hat? A pot. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Case
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Wicklow
