School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 138
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Riddles
“Riddle - Ink, ank, under the bank...”
Riddle - Ink, ank, under the bank
Ten drawing four
Answer - Someone milking a cow.
R. As black as silk
As white as milk
And hops around like hail-stones
A. - A magpie
R. - Why does a bull go over the hill?
A _ Because he can't go under it.
R. - Patch upon patch, without any stitches
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches
A. - A head of cabbage
R. - Londonderry, Cork and Kerry Spell me that without a R.
A. T H A T.
R. - Up chip-cherry
Down chip cherry
And all the men in Derry
Wouldn't climb chip-cherry
A. - Smoke
R. What goes upo when the rain comes down?
A. - An umbrella
R. What side of the cup is the handle on?
A. - The outside.
R. - What is the louder than a pig squealing under a gate?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Denis Meehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappanrush, Co. Laois