School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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- 13 ab Bealteine 1938.
Riddles
What goes up a ladder with its head down?
Ans A nail in a man's boot.
What is black and white and read all over?
Ans A paper.
Why is a bar of coffee like a race horse?
Ans Because the more you lick them the faster they go.
Why is a donkey like a stamp?
Ans One of them gets licked with a stick and the other sticks with a lick
What is it that eats all it gets and drinks nothing?
Ans A fire
What is it that drinks all it gets and eats nothing?
Ans. A lamp
What is the shiest thing in the house?
Ans A clock because it always holds its hands on it's face.
Jenny in the ditch. Jenny out of the ditch and if you touch Jenny she will bit you.
Ans A nettle(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly