School: Beann Gulban (roll number 3301)
- Location:
- Kiltykere, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Giolla Mhártain
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- (continued from previous page)Ans:- Because they both have a bark.
I. What goes without stopping?
Ans:- The sun.
II. I have a wee cow with her back to the wall and she'd eat all the fodder from here to Donegal.
Ans:- The fire.
III. As full as it can be and still can hold more.
Ans:- A pot of potatoes.
IV. I went up a little stair and came down a little stair and crossed a little stair on my way back.
Ans:- A ladder.
V. Why is life an unsolved riddle?
Ans:- Because you must give it up.
VI. One duck before a duck; two ducks behind a duck, and one in the middle: how many ducks?
Ans:- Three.
VII. Who was the first man to travel round the world?
Ans:- The man in the moon.
VIII. Riddle me, Riddle me, Randy Roe; my father gave me seed to sow; the seed was black and the ground(continues on next page)
