School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- Contributed by Jerry McGrath, Chapel Hill.
1. Big and round, nice and brown, riddle me that and I'll give you a crown.
Answer: A cake.2. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the half of a woman, and the half of a man.
Answer: A penny.3. Comh hárd le falla, comh bán le báinne, comh dearg le fuil. Ubhall.4. Middy moddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat. A pot.Contributed by John O'hare, Dundalk St.1. What man doesn't do a day's work?
Ans: A night watchman.2. What goes up a ladder with its head down?
A nail in a man's boot.3. Three sticks in the middle, all covered with sheet. Can walk on the water without any feet. A boat with sails.4. As black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones. A magpie.- Informant
- Jerry Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castle Hill, Co. Louth