School: Baile Uí Fhiacháin
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: T. Ó Ceallaigh
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Answer: because she cannot look under it.As round as an apple as deep as a pail and it never calls out until it is caught by the tail?
Answer: a bell.Why is a window always miserable?
Answer: because it is full of pains.Riddle me Riddle me what is that over the head and under the hat?
Answer: the hair of your head.What goes up a ladder with their heads downwards?
Answer: the nails of your shoes.Four stick standers four nelly anders two crookers two lookers and a fly whip?
Answer: a cow.What is it to cut a bit off it and is would make it long?(continues on next page)