School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 073
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- Riddle me, riddle me auntie o,
My father gave me some seed to sow,
The seed was black and the ground was white.
Riddle me that again to-morrow night.
Ans = pen, ink, and paper.A housefull, a roomfull and could not catch a spoonfull.
Ans = smoke.Little thing, little thing less than a mouse, have more windows than all the king's house.
Answer = thimbleI went to the wood and I got it, I sat down to look for it and could not find it and brought it home with me.
Ans = A thorn in your foot.Long legs, crooked toes,
Little head and no nose.
Ans = A tongs.As I went through a slippery gap,
I met a boy in a red cap,
He had an iron head,
And timber toes.
And upon my word he frightened the crows
Ans = A gun.Its in the house. Its over the house, and under the house, and still its not in the house.
Ans = A window.(continues on next page)
