School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 076
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As round as an apple and deep like a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up? (A spring-well)
Hitty, Hatty on the wall, Hitty, Hatty got a fell ten score men and ten score more would not make Hitty, Hatty as he was before? (An egg)
There is a man in New Roeand he sells thread. He is "Knott" living and "Knott" dead. How is that ("Knott is his name)
As white as a lily and red as a rose the longer it lives the shorter it grows? (A candle)
Why is money like a secret (Because they are both hard to keep)
What is it that a young lady looks for but does not wish to find? (A hole in her stocking)
What do you put in a barrel to make it lighter? (Holes)
Long leegs, short thighs small head and no eyes? (A tongs)
Riddle, Riddle, Ro, three feet and no toe? (A pot)
Which of a wax candle or a tallow candle burns the longer? (The same)
Where was Moses when th light went(continues on next page)
