School: Esker
- Location:
- Esker More, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: M. Ní Ghríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0800, Page 209
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- I have a little sister, she lives in the ditch and if you go near her she will give you the itch. A nettle.
What is it that stands on one leg and has it's heart in it's head? A head of cabbage.
Why does a hen pick a pot?Because she cant' like it.
What turns without moving?
Milk.
Patches upon patches stickers upon stitches riddle me that and i'll give you my breeches?
A head of cabbage.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan on one side a woman and on the other a man?
A penny.
Round the house and round the house and drags a harrow after it?
A hen and a clutch of chickens.(continues on next page)
