School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

Location:
Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 365

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  1. Guesses
    1. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?
    The letter M.
    2. What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    3. What walks all day on its head?
    A nail in a persons shoe.
    4. Two feet under, three feet above, the head in the bottom and the bottom above?
    A man with a pot on his head.
    5. How would a person compare a stamp on an envelope to a donkey?
    One you stick with a lick and the other you lick with a stick.
    6. A long man legless, came to my door and said, "keep in your hens and ducks, I'm not afraid of you dogs?
    A worm.
    7. A field dotted with white dasies and a red cow grazing in the centre?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Duffy
    Gender
    Female