School: Ballinlig (roll number 2994)
- Location:
- Baile an Loig, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: J. Seery
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- (continued from previous page)8. Out of a roomful I could not give a spoonful.?
Smoke.
9. Hipity hopity on the green grass,
Riddle me that,
And I'll buy you a glass?
Hailstones.10. I had an old cow and I tied her to the wall and she would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal?
A fire.
11. Why does the hen cross the road?
To get to the other side.12. Why does a cow look over the wall?
Because she could not look under it.
13. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church steeple and all?
The sun.14. Patch upon patch without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of britches.
A head of cabbage.
15. Ink ank under the bank,
Ten drawing four?
A person milking a cow.(continues on next page)
