School: Conaithe an Aonaigh
- Location:
- Conna, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ó Ciosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)As I was going up Shandon Steeple, I met three Christian people, They were neither men, women, nor children, what were they? Answer - Man, woman and child.
Riddle me Riddle me anto my father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds began to grow like a garden full of snow, the snow began to melt like a man that lost his health, the man began to fall like a sparrow against the wall, the sparrow began to fly like an angel in the sky. The sky began to rattle like a thousand men at battle? Answer - Thunder
What is alive at both ends and dead in the middle? Answer - A man ploughing.
As I went up a slippery gap I found a thing rolled up in a sop. It was neither fish; flesh nor bone, but it had five fingers? Answer - a glove.
As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the road like hail stone? Answer - a Magpie.
What is that everyone uses more than you do Answer - your name.
What is under the water and over the water but never touches the water? Answer - A woman crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head
As I went over London bridge, I met a Minister, he took off his hat and drew on his gloves(continues on next page)
