School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (B.), An Gleann (roll number 11307)
- Location:
- Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Cathasaigh
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- Riddles.1. A little man in the middle of a field, pull his tail and his nose will bleed?
A pump.2. A black sheep with a white fleece?
An oven and a cake of bread.3. A town in Meath if you spell it backwards or forwards it's all the same?
Navan.4. What is the first thing you would do if you fell into the sea?
Get wet.5. Where was Moses when the candle went out?
In the dark.6. How would you get down a goose from the top of a house?
Pluck her down.7. Where was Moses going when he was 19 years?
Going into twenty?8. Full by day and empty by night?
Your boots.9. Why is an adjective like a baby?
It cannot stand alone.10. Why does a hen peck a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.11. I have a little cow that never runs dry and I milk her by twisting her horn?
A pump.12. Which is it, with your right hand or with your left you stir your tea?
With a spoon.13. What has a tongue but cannot utter a sound?
a boot.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christy Sheahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick