School: Ballynarry
- Location:
- Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that
A pipeWhat's full and holds more
A pot full of potatoes when you pour water inPatch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll by a pair of breeches
A head of cabbageWhat has one eye and can't see
A needleWhat's brought to the table cut and never eaten
A pack of cardsWhat goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood
The bark of a treeWhere did Noah cut the tree that he built his ark with
At the buthWhat is always behind time
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