School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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Riddles.(1) What has eyes and cannot see? ans = potatoe.
(2) Why does a guard carry his baton? Ans = Because it would not walk for him.
(3) Under gravel I did not travel, over iron I did not stand. I rode the mare that never foaled and carried the bridle in my hand? Ans = A train.
(4) Why is a hen never untidy? Ans = Because she always carries her comb with her.
(5) As round as an apple, as flat as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man. Ans = A penny.
(6) What beats a good wife. Ans = A bad husband.
(7) A man walked thirty miles and got sixpence for every mile what had he at the end. Ans = Sore feet.
(8) Four men bought a pound of beef, what time was it? Ans = A quarter to one.
(9) As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland wouldn't fill it up? Ans = A thimble.
(10) Black and white and read all over? Ans = A newspaper.
(11) If a man went up the road with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Malacky Keaveny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clooncon East, Co. Galway
