School: Corcaghan (roll number 16129)
- Location:
- Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: F. Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 207
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- Patch upon patch without stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you new britches.
= A cabbage head.
What chews all day and eats nothing.
= Sizzors.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball. Can climb the Church over steeple and all.
= The sun.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. Riddle me that and I will give you my hat.
(A pipe).
What is it that always walks with its head down
(A nail in your boot)
What is full and holds more.
(A pot of potatoes It will hold) the water.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into it.
(The bark of a tree)
What has the foot a head and four legs.
(A bed)
What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters.
(A man fetching water in pails)
What goes away above the ground and returns under(continues on next page)
