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School: Errigal Trough (roll number 15565)

Location:
Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Saragh Gillanders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 365

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    Ques. Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?
    Ans. A cabbage.
    Ques. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town, and earns his master many a pound?
    Ans. A fiddle.
    Ques. Why are a pair of cart horses like your eyes?
    Ans. Because they are both beneath the lash.
    Ques. spell a broken down ditch in three letters?
    Ans. Gap
    Ques. Spell a red running rogue in three letters.
    Ans. Fox
    Ques. Why is Ireland like a bottle of vinegar?
    Ans. Because there is a cork in each.
    Ques. What do you mostly see cows eat grass with?
    Ans. With your eyes.
    Ques. What is one half of the moon like?
    Ans. Like the other half.
    Ques. As round as a riddle, as flat as a pan, the one side a woman, and the other a man.
    Ans. A penny.
    Ques. Why should soldiers be tired on April 1st?
    Ans. Because they just completed a march of 31 days.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Hall
    Gender
    Female