School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)
- Location:
- Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 042
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- Riddles.Q. Why does a hen pick a pot
A. Because she can't lick it.
Q. Why does a duck stand on one leg.
A. Because if he lifted the two he would fall.
Q. What part of the car goes into the town first.
A. The noise of it.
Q. How many sparrows at ten a penny would but a horse at twenty pounds
A. Forty eight Thousand.
Q. What stands on one leg and its heart on its head.
Q. A head of cabbage.
Q. Whats full of pains and can't feel them. A. A window.
Q. What sits on the red mans knee.
A. A pot.
Q. Why is a watch like a river.
A. Because it can't go on without winding.
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- Francis Thornton
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