School: Coill Chogaidh
- Location:
- Kilcogy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Mhuiris
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- (continued from previous page)and yet lives single all his life? ( a cleryman)
24. Where was Moses when the candle died? - (in the dark)
25. Eight arms, no hands, a wooden leg that cannot stand. It's often wet and shod with steel, it has no boots but cannot feel, a dress of silk, a belt in the middle, and now can you guess this silly riddle? (An Umbrella)
- 1. If the thirty-two counties of Ireland were drowned which of them would float? (Cork)
2. Riddle me, riddle me,randy roe My father gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
A boy writing with pen and ink.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bríghid Nic Thighearnáin
- Gender
- Female
