School: Baile Coitcheannta
- Location:
- Cutteanta, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eithne Nic Shearraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 305
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- 1 It grows in the wood and it sounds in the town
It earns a shilling and many a crown?
A fiddle.
2 As I was going over London bridge I met a London scholar. I took out my pen and drew out his name. What was his name?
Andrew.
3 As round as an apple as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man?
A penny.
4 Its black and white and red all over?
A newspaper
5 A roomfull and a kitchen full and I couldn't get a spoonful?
Smoke.
6 Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that, and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vera Rushe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowbleagh East, Co. Sligo
