School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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- 1) If I eat I live, but if I drink I die: What am I?
Answer: A fire.
2) Little white Nancy,
With a little red nose,
The longer she lives,
The shorted she grows.
Answer: A Candle
3) High up! Low down!
Wears boots and has none.
Answer: A football.
4) What is the difference between a school-master and a station-master?
Answer: One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
5) Patch upon patch, without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
Answer: A head of cabbage.
6) Round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
Answer: The floor-brush.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Noel Booker
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossakeel, Co. Meath