Scoil: Corlurgan

Ar an leathanach seo

1. A Collection of Riddles (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   A lump of bread and a sheetful of crumbs?
   The moon and stars.
   What goes round and round the house and leaves a loaf in every window? The snow
   What goes round and round the house and drags his fathers old coat after him? A sheep
   As I went up yonder dirty gap I met my Uncle Davey I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy? A blackberry.
   Why does a hen pick a pot? because she
   can not lick it.
   White and black and read all over? A newspaper
   Brother an Sister father and mother running all day and can not catch up with each other? The wheels of a motor car
   Stout mother long legged father and three dirty children all the one size? Pot and pot hooks.
   Lazy mother hard working father and twelve black children all the one size? A clock
   What goes over the hill and never comes back?
   A pass.
   What is brought to the table often cut but never eaten? A deck of cards.
   As I went up Tara hill, Tara hill was shaking four and twenty men were ripping up an acre? A harrow
   Why does a chicken cross over the road? Because she can not cross under it.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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