School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)
- Location:
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 111
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- As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, ban climb the church, over steeple and all? The sun.
What is it always walks with its head down? A nail in your foot.
What's full and holds more? A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat
You may guess for ever
But you couldn't guess that!
A pipe.
Patch upon patch, without any stitches.
Riddle me that, and I'll buy you a pair of breeches? A cabbage.
What do we often catch but never see? A passing remark.
Why is the sun like a good loaf? Because it is light when it rises.
Why is a promise like wine? Because it improves by being kept.
What crack is invisible to the naked eye? The crack of a whip.
Why is a wet umbrella like fat? Because it is dripping.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Agnes Oates
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Collector
- Annie Donnelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Collector
- Betty Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Collector
- Maureen Fox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
