School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)mother under an ivy tree.
Riddle. A room full, a house full and you could not catch a bowl full.
Answer. Smoke.
Riddle. Betty inside the ditch, and betty outside the ditch; if you go near betty she will bite you
Answer. A nettle.
Riddle. Ink ank under a bank ten drawing four
Answer. A woman milking a cow.
Riddle. The longer its living the smaller its getting
Answer. A candle
Riddle. Riddle me riddle me sandy so my father gave me some seed to sow, the seed was white, the seed was balck riddle that and I will give you a pint
Answer. A newspaper.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christy Coleman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Green, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Martin Coleman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Green, Co. Tipperary
