School: Garryross
- Location:
- Garryross, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 345
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- "Riddles"What is black and white and read all over:
A newspaper.As I went out on my grandfather's gap I met my uncle Davie. I knocked him down and sucked his blood and left him lying easy:
A blackberry.As round as an apple, as flat as a pan one side a woman, the other a man:
A penny.What is neither inside nor outside but is useful to the house:
A window.What is the one-eyed servant:
A needle.What is it that goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night:
The twig.(continues on next page)
