School: Corboy, Meathús Truim (roll number 11421)
- Location:
- Corboy, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Susan Stephens
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- 1. Black we are but much admired, men seek for us till they are tired, we tire the horse and comfort men tell me this riddle if you can?
Coal
2. Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes
A tongs
3. What goes through the wood and never touches a bit of the wood?
A knife in a man's pocket.
4. Why does a donkey look over the wall?
Because he cannot look under it.
5. Patch upon patch without any stitches if you riddle me this riddle, I will give you my pipe?
A head of cabbage.
6. A jumper of ditches a clipper of thorns a little brown cow with a pair of leather horns?
A hare(continues on next page)- Collector
- Edward Denniston
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumnacross, Co. Longford