School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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- (continued from previous page)My third and my fourth are in reason you see.
My fifth and my sixth are in sure , you'll agree.
That my eight is in something I want to possess.
A. Treasure.
Q. Riddle me. riddle me see, such a riddle could not be, through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper, through a horses shin bone. Riddle me that and I'll leave you alone?
A. A shot out of a gun.
Q. Which is the right side of a wedding cake?
A.The side that has been eaten because the other is left
Q.Why is a salt herring like a rain coat ?
A. Because it keeps you dry.
Q.Why should a drummer be the fastest man on earth
A. Because time beats everyone but the drummer beats time
Q. What bird can lift the heaviest weight ?
A. The crane.
Q. Why is the letter G like the sun ?
A. Because it is in the centre of light.
Q. Eight arms, a wooden leg, but cannot stand, a silky dress with a belt around the middle. You cannot guess such a funny riddle.
A. An umbrella.
Q.' Tis as round as a marble, as flat as a pan,
all a woman and half a man.
A. A penny.(continues on next page)
