School: Darley
- Location:
- Cootehill, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Newburn
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- 2. Riddles
A house full a room full and you could not catch a a spoon full? ans Smoke
What goes up a ladder with its head down? ans A nail in a boot.
What goes from door to door and sleeps out all night? ans A foothpath
What goes from here to Dublin with out moving? ans The road.
Why does a cow look over the hill? ans Because she can't look under it.
Why does a hen cross the road? ans To get to the other side.
Beautiful beautiful ornamented when its bought its never lent those who buy it can't use it and those who get it cannot refuse it? ans A coffin
What grows in the wood sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound? ans A violin
When is a fish like an aeroplane? ans When it jumps to catch a fly.
What has three legs and cannot walk? ans A pot.
How many wells make a river? ans One of it was big enough.
What goes over the water under the water(continues on next page)
