School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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- 136
(1) Riddle me riddle me rantio.
My father gave me seeds to sow.
The seeds were black, and the ground was white.
Riddle that until to-morrow night.?
A newspaper
(2) As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup,
And all the kings horses would not pull it up.?
A spring well.
(3) What in Heaven was made by human hand.?
The wounds in Our Lord.
(4) As I went out a guttery gap.
I met my uncle Davy.
I cut off his head.
And sucked his blood.
And left him lying easy.?
A man drinking a bottle of ale.
(5) Deep down in the earth is the place of my birth
What am I.?(continues on next page)