School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)
- Location:
- Ardagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Anraoi Musgrave
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- (continued from previous page)Round body.Three feet and a wooden hat.
Ans. A pot.It goes round the wood and round the wood, and never goes into the wood.
Ans. The bark of a tree.Patch upon patches without any stitches.
Riddle me that, and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
Ans. A head of cabbage.Two legs hanging and four legs banking.
Ans. A man riding a horse. - Facts collected from:-Mrs. Nora O'Connor, Glenastar,
Ardagh,
County Limerick.Riddles.As round as an apple.
As deep as a cup.
And all the men in Kerry.
Could not take it up?Answer- A well.As I went out a slippery gap. I met my(continues on next page)