School: Gallow (roll number 8301)
- Location:
- Gallow, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhuirín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 330
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles 29-11-1937
6. As I went up Tara hill
Tara hill was shaking
four and twenty little things on an acre.
Answer - A harrow.
7. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, the other side a man.
Answer - A penny.
8. Black and white and red all over.
Answer - a paper.
9. Why is a barber the smallest man in the world?
Answer - Because he has to put up a ladder (lather) to shave.
10. When was beef the highest?
Answer - When the cow jumped over the moon.
11. Forty sheep went out a gap, forty more followed that 9-11-6-7. 3 and 2 how many is that?
Answer - five
12. Twenty six (sick) sheep went down the field how many was left.
Answer - Ninteen(continues on next page)
