School: Farmers' Bridge, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Farmers Bridge, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eileen Blennerhassett
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- As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church and steeple and all? The sun.
A small thing which grew on a tree two saw it five took it twelve chewed it and one swallowed it? An apple.
Why is Sunday the strongest day in the year because all the rest are week (weak) days.
I went to the wood to look for it. I sat down to look for it I came home because I couldn't find it? A thorn.
When is a cottage loaf like a man? When it is crusty.
When would it hurt to have a pint of water thrown on your head? When it is frozen.
What did the loaf say when it fell off the shelf? Crumbs.
When is the sun like a good loaf? When it rises.
Why is a lazy man like a baker? He likes a good loaf.
Riddle me Riddle me rankeo my father gave me some seeds to sow the seed was black and the ground was white Riddle me that if you are a good boy? Pen, ink, and Paper.
As high as a wall as red as blood as white as milk and as sweet as honey? An Apple.
I see it and I do not see it, it walks on the field and it does not break the dew? A person's shadow.
A thing on the strand with its two eyes shut? An egg.
I know a bird whose plumage is dark brown streaked with black; it takes first prize for building a very tidy nest;(continues on next page)
