School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)
- Location:
- Coor West, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Pádraig Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 366
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- R. As round as an apple as plumb as a ball. Can climb the Church over steeple and all?
A. The Sun.R. What is it always walks with its head down?
A. A nail in a boot.R. What goes away between two woods, and comes home between two waters?
A. A man bringing water in pails.R. Niddy-noddy round body
Three feet and a wooden hat?
A. A pot.R. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat.
You may guess for ever, but you won't guess that?
A. A man's pipe.R. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
Riddle me that, and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?
A. A head of cabbage.(continues on next page)
