School: Loch Rois (roll number 1751)
- Location:
- Loughros, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Stiofán Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 009
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- Riddles.
1. Headed like a timbel tailed like a rat, you may guess forever but you won't guess that. "A Pipe"
2. You have a wee byre its full of white teeth in comes the red one and licks them all round. "Your mouth"
3. Long legs, crooked thighs wee head and no eyes. "A Tonges"
4. Compare Glenfarne with a springing cow.
A = Springing cow is near calving so also Glenfarne near Co. Cavan
5. It stands on one leg a has its heart in its head
A head of cabbage.
6. A kitchen full a room full you wouldnt catch a spoonful=
Answer= "Smoke"
7. I have a cow she's tied to the wall and she'd eat all the hay from here to Donegal. Ans= The fire.
8. As red as an apple so plump as a ball, it would climb over church steeple and all = "The Sun"
9. What makes a pair of shoes Ans= Tow shoes.
10. What does God never see, King seldom sees, and we always see? Ans a "boss"
11. The man who buys it doesnt want it, the man who wants it doesnt buy it. Ans = Coffin
12. A round body, three feet, and a wooden hat. Ans= pot.(continues on next page)
