School: Moher
- Location:
- Moher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: J. Wilson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 162
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- RiddlesA leaper of ditches, a cutter of corn, a brown little cow with a leathern pair of horns?
-A hare.
What sleeps with it's finger in its eye? - a crook
What goes up a ladder with its head down? - A nail in a boot.
Four stiff standers, two diddle danders, two hookers, two rookers, a licker and a wagger? - A cow.
The man that made it did not want it and the man that bought it, it was no use to him? - A coffin
