School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 260
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- A Collection of Riddles.
I got these riddles from my Grandmother −
1.. What goes around the house and stands in the corner?
Answer − A brush.
2. What goes up when the rain comes down?
Answer − An Umbrella.
3. Why is not a half-crown pleasing to a king?
Answer − Because it is only half-a-crown.
4. There is a little red man he stands by the wall, he eats all he gets but drinks little at all. What is it?
Answer − The Fire.
5. It is put on the table it is cut but never eaten, what is it.?
Answer − A pack of cards.
6. It is black it is white it is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Hynes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charleville, Co. Cork
