School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 002
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- 1. What is it always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
2. Middy-noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden?
A pot.
3. What's full and holds more?
A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
4. One half dead, the other half living an a tail wagging.
A dog with its head in a pot.
5. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you couldn't guess that.
A pipe.
6. Patch upon patch, without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.(continues on next page)
