School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)
- Location:
- Crappagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Horan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 292
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- (continued from previous page)Because the bride doesn't marry the best man.What goes up a ladder head down-wards?
A nail in a man's boot.A houseful and a roomful you couldn't get a spoonful.
Smoke.When I was scarcely six months old
Men came to seek me very bold.
With iron strong they did me try
With fire & water they did me burn.
They peeled me off in my naked skin
And found a hole to put me in?
A Potato.Long legs, crooked thighs, wee head & no eyes.
The tongs.What is that which you often tell others to do but can't do yourself?
Stop a minute.What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
The Crook.As I went out, as I came in, the living from the dead did spring. Six sat and they seventh fled, Riddle me that or hang me dead.
A man was going to be hanged once & the judge said he'd allow him free 'if he'd give him a riddle which he couldn't solve. Going out to think over it he saw a bird rise slowly from the ditch. Going over to see the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M.J. Mc Goldrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockcor, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Peter Mc Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumary, Co. Monaghan
