School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)
- Location:
- Kilmorgan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Kathleen M. Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 298
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- (continued from previous page)What are the most things in a riddle (Corners)Old mother Twitched has only one eye
And a long tail which she lets fly
And every time she goes over a gap
She leaves a bit of her tail in the trap
(A needle + thread)
I went on a visit for three days
I went on Sunday + came home on Sunday. How did I manage?
(I had a horse + his name was Sunday)
A leaper of ditches, a cropper of thorns
A little red cow with two leather horns.
(a hare)
Black I am and much admired,
Gold and silver I have made
Men and horses I have tried
Now in ashes I am laid (coal)It gives a cold. It cures a cold. It pays the doctors bill. (draft, draught)A small round house
It is full of meat(continues on next page)
