School: Baile Sluagh (Ballysloe), Gleann Guail, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 573)
- Location:
- Ballysloe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 119
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Answer: One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
What walks with its head down?
Answer: A boot nail.
Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
Answer: A head of cabbage.
I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in Derry could not count what was inside it.
Answer: A thimble.
How many sides has a bucket?
Answer: Two - the inside and the outside.
Little red nanny sits by the wall; she eats all she gets but drinks none atal.
Answer: A fire.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men would not(continues on next page)
