School: Carraig Áluinn (roll number 16.474)
- Location:
- Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mag Uidhir
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles (contd)
9. Patch upon patch without any stitches
Riddle me this and I'll give you a pair of breechesHead of cabbage10. What's the difference between a schoolmaster and a postage stamp?One licks with a stick
the other sticks with a lick11. What's left on the table to be cut but never eaten?Pack of cards12. Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat
The longer she stands
The shorter she's grown.A Candle13. What bears and never blossoms?Crook14. What goes round to the wood and round to the wood and never touches the wood?Knife in man's pocket15. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan
One side a woman, the other a man.English Penny16. I went into the wood and found it
I sat down and looked for it
I couldn't get it and I brought it home with me.Thorn in foot(continues on next page)