School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr M. Angel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0669, Page 137
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- Riddles 1. When was beef highest?
When the cow jumped over the moon
2. How many black beans make five white ones?
Five when peeled
3. If I shot at twelve birds and killed two how many would remain?
Two, the rest would fly away
4. Why does a mans hair get grey before his moustache?
Because it is about twenty years older
5. Why does a miller wear a white hat?
To cover his head
6. Where did ht first orange grow?
In the ground
7. What is most like a cats tail?
A kittens tail
8. Where are health, wealth and contentment only to be found?
in the dictionary Dymona Clarke
Bornavedock
Dunleer
- Collector
- Dympna Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnaveddoge, Co. Louth
