School: Óméith (roll number 3001)
- Location:
- Omeath, Co. Louth
- Teacher: D. Ó Cuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 209
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Jenny into the ditch and Jenny out of the Ditch and if you go near Jenny she will bite you.
A Nettle.
Twenty four white cows standing in a hall. Up comes a red one and licks then all.
Your Teeth and your tongue.
How many feet have eighty sheep, a shephard and his dog.
Two feet.
What is it that anyone can divide, but but they cannot see where they have divided it.
Water.
What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot.
A Carpet.
If a man had ten sons and each had a sister how many would there be.
Eleven.
Why does a hen pick a pot.
Because it cannot scrape it.
Riddle me, Riddle me ran-me-mow, My father gave me seed to sow. The(continues on next page)
