School: Bailieboro (C.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 156
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- 1. What's full and holds more?
A pot of potatoes.
2. Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes ? A pair of thongs
3. "Riddle riddle me,
Has an eye and cant see"
A needle.
4. Riddle me, riddle me ranty 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 pipe"
Ink and paper.
5. "My first is a part of a crime,
My second is part of the ocean,
My third is part of a swine,
And my fourth is a bird's habitation".
Kilmainhamwood.
6. "As I went out on a guttery gap,
I met my Uncle Davy,
I took him up and I drew his blood,
And I left him lying aisy".
A bottle of whiskey.
7. What goes around the house and sleeps in the corner at night ?
A sweeping brush(continues on next page)
