School: Cill Moicheallóg (B.) (roll number 15740)
- Location:
- Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Conchobhar Mac Raghnaill
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles (continued)
(1)
Q. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
Can climb the church over steeple and all.
Ans - The sun.(2)
Q. What is it always walks with its head down?
Ans - A nail in your boot.(3)
Q. What goes away between two woods?
And comes home between two waters.
Ans-A man fetching water in pails.(4)
Q. What gows away above the ground,
And returns under it?
Ans-(5)
Q. Middy-Noddy round body,
Three feet and a wooden hat.
Ans-A pot.(6)
Q. Whats full and holds more?
Ans-A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.(7)
Q. One half dead; the other half living,
And a tail wagging?
Ans-A dog with its head in a pot.(8)
Q. Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat,
You may guess for ever,
But you couldn't guess that!
Ans-A pipe(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eoin Bermingham
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Tankardstown, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Bermingham
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tankardstown, Co. Limerick