School: Coolfore (roll number 10700)
- Location:
- Cúil Fobhair, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Ó Cuanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 232
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- Q As round as an apple, as plump as a ball.
Can climb the Church over steeple and all.? Ans The Sun.
Q What is it that always walks with its head down? Ans. A nail in your boot.
Q What goes away above the ground and returns under it? Ans A man with sods on his head.
Q What's full and holds more?
Ans. A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
Q Headed like a thimble.
Tailed like a rat.
You may guess for ever.
But you couldn't guess that? Ans A pipe
Q Patch upon patch without any stitches.
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches? Ans A cabbage.
Q What goes round and round the wood and never gets into the wood? Ans The bark of the tree.
Q As round as a hoop as flat as a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Shankey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ráth Caorach, Co. Mhuineacháin
