School: Valleymount
- Location:
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 150
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- (continued from previous page)When I came into school the master said he could'nt understand the riddles and I said Nelsons Pillar cant jump
3 What is it has a head a foot and four legs.
A bed.
4 I went up a path and down a path and carried it on my back.
A ladder.
5. A leaper of ditches a cropper of thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns.
A rabbit or A hare
6 A little house and it wouldn't hold a mouse and it has as many windows as the Lord Mayos house.
A thimble.
7 What is it goes around on its head all day and sleeps on its head at night.
Nails in boots.
8 What is a button.
A small event that is always coming off.
9 Why is the letter N in finish like your nose.
Because it is between the eyes.
10 Why is there not much honey in (Brittan) Britain
Because there's only one B in it
