School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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- (continued from previous page)48. What is the largest verse in the world - Ans - the Universe.
49. What turns without moving - Ans - milk turns sour.
50. What is the most thing like the half of a horse - shoe, - Ans - the other half.
51. What is the most thing like a dog - Ans - a pup.
52. What kind of a pen can you not write with - Ans - a sheep pen.
53. If a man has ten sons, and every son has a sister, how many of a family had he Ans - eleven.
54. A small mother, and a tall father, and twelve little children all dressed in black. - Ans - a clock.
55. A poker, shovel, tongs cost £ what will the coal come to - Ans - cinders
56. A riddle, a riddle as I suppose, a hundred eyes, and ever a nose - Ans - a potatoe.
57. I have a little sister, her name is peep, peep, peep, she waddles in the watter deep, deep, deep, she climbs(continues on next page)
