School: Oulart (roll number 15419)
- Location:
- Oulart, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó hAilleacháin
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- Riddles10..11..'37Q. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you could guess forever but you wouldn't guess that.
A. A long shanked pipe.Q. As I went out in a guttery gap
I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and spilt his blood and left him lying easy.
A. A bottle of stout.Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man.
A. A penny.Q. Why is a pig in a parlour so much like a house a fire
A. Because the sooner it gets out the better.Q. What's full but holds more
A. A pot of potatoes.Q. What is the loudest thing in the world
A. A candle because it wake's the dead(continues on next page)