School: Easgéiphtine (C.) (roll number 2040)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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- Q. Riddle, Riddle, Ree, such a riddle could not be. Through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a horse's shin bone, riddle me that or leave it alone.
A. A Cannon Ball.Q. As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and made his body easy.
A. A head of cabbage.Q. As I looked out through my gay gold windows I saw the dead carrying the live.
A. a ship.Q. It is here, it is there, it is everywhere, it is all round Killarney, it takes a bite as big as a horse but never eats it after.
A. A scythe.Q. It's in, its out, its like a trout, its slippery, wet and greasy.
A. A tongue.(continues on next page)