School: Benbawn
- Location:
- Binbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Gillespie
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- (continued from previous page)in his pocket for some time after and it was as black as your boot.
- The following are a list of riddles which I know:-
1. What is the difference in a man riding a bicycle and a dog running behind him?
1 Answer. (One wears trousers and the other pants.)
2. Treat me well and I am everybody, scratch my back and I am nobody?
2. Answer. (A mirror)
3. As round as an apple as flat as a chip
it has four eyes and can't see a bit?
3. Answer. (A button.)
4. Why is six and seven added together like a lame dog hopping on three legs?
4. Answer. (Because six and seven are thirteen, put down three and carry the one, and a lame dog puts down three legs and carries one.)
5. What has hundreds of eyes but cannot see?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sarah Wall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drummartin, Co. Cavan
