School: Finiskill (roll number 13075)
- Location:
- Finiskil, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 345
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- (continued from previous page)But the fiddler in Drumlish has no brother in Kesh.How is that? Ans. The fiddlers were brothers and sister
Broad at the bottom and narrow at the top
Hair at the bottom and none at the top
Ans. A cows horn
Said the child to the father, "How does it come
That you are my father and Im not your son?"
What relation was the child to the father?
Ans A Daughter
Brother and sister I have none
Nut that man there is my father's son
Ans. The woman referred to her husband - her father in law son
He went between to woods and came back between two waters
Ans A man fetching water in two pails
Riddle me, riddle me, riddle me that
Over the head and under the hat
Ans. The hair on your head
As plump as an apple, as round as a ball
And can climb the church over steeple and all,
Ans. The Sun.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
Ans. An umbrella.
