School: Tulach Chromán (roll number 1256)
- Location:
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs. Brennan
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Riddles.
1-What goes round the world and round the world leaves a patch on every bush?
Answer-The dew.2-What can go up the chimney down but can't come down the chimney up?
Answer-An umbrella.3-Forty sheep went through a gap,forty more followed that,six,seven,ten,eleven,three and two how many's that?
Answer-Five.4-As I was crossing London Bridge,I met a London Scholar.He took off his hat and drew his gloves.Tell me the name of the scholar?
Answer-Andrew.5-Why is Sunday the strongest day of the year?
Answer-Because the rest are week days.6-When is an orange not an orange?
Answer-When it is a little tart.7-What trees remind you of the seaside?
Answer-The beech and the bay.8-What small animal is turned into a large one by being beheaded?
Answer-The fox--ox
9-Why is a river like a watch?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leo Magee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs B. Magee
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan