School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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- 18-1-38 Riddles
What goes up in the air and wares shoes.
A football.
Why do you carry an umbrella.
Because it could not walk.
What goes up a ladder with its head down.
Nails in your boot.
Little thing little less than a mouse has more windows than a kings house.
A thimble.
Why does a hen cross the road.
To get to the other side.
What goes up when the rain comes down.
An umbrella.
Which travels the fastest heat or cold.
Heat because you could catch cold.
What kind of a relation is a door mat to a door step.
A step farther (father).
What was the first bet was ever made.
The Alphabet.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hannah Denieffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Andrew Clance
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny