School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 005
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- (continued from previous page)through a bag of pepper, through a muller's hopper, through a sheep's shank bone, Riddle me that or let it alone.
Ans. A moth.As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up.
Ans. A well.I have a gray goose of a very large size. The man that buys her has need to be wise. She has feet in her belly and walks upon none. She goes far from her dwelling and seldom comes home.
Ans. A Ship.What is it that makes enough noise that is no good to it, and it can not do without it.
Ans. A Train.Round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood.
Ans. A knife in a man's pocket.A man without eyes saw apples on a tree, he took no apples from it and no apples there left he?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Leo Kenny
- Gender
- Male
