School: Errigal Trough (roll number 15565)
- Location:
- Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Saragh Gillanders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 367
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- Ques. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball; can climb the church, over steeple and all.
Ans. The sun.
Ques. What always walks with its head down?
Ans. A nail in your boot.
Ques. What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters?
Ans. A man fetching a pail of water.
Quest. What goes away above the ground and returns under it?
Ans. A man with sods on his head.
Quest. Noddy - noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
Ans. A pot.
Ques. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you can't guess that.
Ans. A pipe.
Ques. What goes round the house and round the house and sits in the corner at night?
Ans. A floor brush.
- Collector
- Rachel Roberts
- Gender
- Female
