School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)
- Location:
- Baltrasna, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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- Riddles 1/ Old Mrs Murphy, she had but one eye, and a very long tail that she let fly, and every time she would go through a gap she would leave a bit of her tail in the trap?
Answer. A woolen thread in a darning-needle when you would be darning a stocking.2/ Why does a cow come over a hill?
Ans. Because she can not go under it.3/ Black and white and read all over?
Ans. A news paper.4/ As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
Ans. A penny.5/ Round the house and round the house and lies in a corner at night?
And. A broom.6/ What turns without moving?
Ans. Milk when it turns sour.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ellie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Springhall, Co. Meath