Scoil: Corlurgan

Ar an leathanach seo

1. A Collection of Riddles (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   your hand; and you will see? Your fingers the same length.
   Father and mother sister and brother running all day and cannot catch up with each other? The wheels on a motor car.
   When is a pony like a mouse? When he is in a trap.
   What is it that we often return but never borrow? Thanks.
   They walk on their heads all day and sleep on their heads all night? Nails in a boot.
   When is a farmer cruel to his corn?
   When he threshes it.
   Why is bread like the sun? Because when it rises it is light.
   What do the Cavan people do when it starts to rain? Let it rain away.
   Where are all kings crowned? On the head.
   Long and narrow tin and tall many a man caused to fall? A gun.
   What key is best for unlocking the tongue? Whiskey.
   What is that which is too much for one enough for two, and nothing for three? A secret.
   What is no use until it is broken?
   An egg.
   Why does not the clock strike?
   Because it has not the face to do so.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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