School: Derrylane
- Location:
- Derrylane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mabel Lougheed
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- (continued from previous page)16. What's to short and cut a bit of it and it's long enough?
Answer: A grave.17. A house full, a room full and you couldn't catch a spoon full.
Answer: The smoke.18. As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup
All the men in Derry
Couldn't lift it up.
Answer: A well.19. As round as an apple,
As flat as a pan,
One side a a woman
And the other a man.
Answer: A penny.20. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pair of breeches.
Answer: A head of cabbage.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Johnston Elliott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corran, Co. Cavan