School: An Charraig
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Tiománaí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 119
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Riddle What goes round the house, and round the house and sleeps in the corner?
Ans The twig
Riddle What goes down the chimney upways and up the chimney downways?
Ans. An Umbrella.
Riddle Riddle me, riddle me. What is that over the head and under the hat?
Ans. The hair of your head.
Riddle A Flock of sheep, on a red hill, here they go, there they go, now they stand still?
Ans Teeth in your gums
Riddle Hoddy doddy with a round black body, and a big flat hat. Whats that?
Ans. A pot
Riddle All the feathers that it casts in the day time it sleeps at night?
Ans The fire
Riddle Whats patches on patches without stitches
Ans A head of cabbage
riddle As I went out I met the dead(continues on next page)
