School: Boley, Ballylinan, Athy (roll number 7505)
- Location:
- Boley, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs. Casey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles Cont.
A. Take your feet off the ground
Q. Why would a watch be useful when you are crossing a desert?
A. Because there is a spring in it
Q. What is everyone doing at the same time?
A. Growing older.
Q. As black as ink, white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstones.
A. A magpie.
Q. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb over churches, steeples and all
A. The sun.
Q. Jenny in the ditch, Jenny out of the ditch and if you go near Jenny she will bite you
A. A nettle.
Q. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
A> Because she can't look under it.
Q. What runs without walking?
A. A train.
Q. What part of a cow goes out through a gap first.
A. Her breath.
Q. What is full, and yet it can hold more?
A. A pot of potatoes when you pour water in.
