School: Moher
- Location:
- Moher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: J. Wilson
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- Riddles1.
One half dead, the other half living,
And a tail wagging?
Answer: A dog with its head in a pot2.
There is a little round house
And it would not hold a mouse
There is that many windows on it, as the Lord Mason's house
Answer: A thimble3.
King MacRory built a ship
And in that ship his daughter sits
And I would be blamed for telling her name
And that is three times I have told it?
Answer: And4.
What does up the chimney,
Down it up?
Answer: A umbrella5.
What has neither flesh or bones
Your fingers and a thumb?
Answer. A glove6.
What goes round the house
And round the house and drags its guts after it?
Answer; A hen with a flock of chickens7.
Twenty sick sheep went through a gap
One of them died and how many were left?
Answer: Nineteen were left.- Collector
- Mary E. Burns
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Burns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Portacloghan, Co. Cavan