School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)

Location:
Kilmaley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Nóra Ní Asaoid
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    to her.The other one became a barber and he coloured the old maid's hair.
    Black and white and read all over?
    A newspaper.
    i had a litle house ,and a mouse would no fit in it,and all the men in Derry could not count the windows in it?
    A thimble.
    There is a town in Ireland which be spelled backwards and forwards?
    Navan.
    What walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    If all the cities in the world got drowned ,which of them would be saved?
    Cork city.
    Enough for one,too much for two and nothing for three?
    A secret.
    As I went into the garden i met my uncle David ,i cut off his head and left his body easy?
    A head of cabbage.
    On which side of a jug is the handle ?
    On the outside.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English