School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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- 11-1-38 Riddles
If a person took half an hour to wash himself whet would he dry himself in.
A towel.
Black and white and red all over.
A Newspaper.
Riddle me riddle me randy ro my father gave me seeds to sow the weeds were black & the ground was white riddle me that before Saturday night.
A boy reading a newspaper.
Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into hairy's mouth.
A man putting on his sock.
What goes around the house on its head all day & sleeps in the corner all night.
Brush.
What has no wings & can fly.
Dust.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball
Can climb over church and steeple and all
The Sun
What is the difference between a school-master and stampedge.
One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eithne Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Nanny Bourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny