School: Benbawn
- Location:
- Binbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Gillespie
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)5 Answer. (A strainer.)
6. Which is a horse or a fox the cleverest?
6 Answer. (A horse. because a horse can ride in a trap and a fox can't.)
7. Why is the clock the humblest thing in the house?
7. Answer. (Because it always holds its hand on its face.)
8 What turns without moving.?
8 Answer. (Milk.)
9 Ship, Ship, Sherry. All the men in Derry couldn't climb Ship, Ship, Sherry.?
9. Answer. (Smoke.)
10. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
10. Answer. (The nails in a man's boot)
11. If a farmer raises a dozen acres of wheat in a dry Summer what he raise in a wet Summer.?
11. Answer. (An umbrella)
12. What goes over the hill and never returns
12 Answer. (A path.)
13. Why is a girl not a noun?
13. Because a lass (alas) is an interjection
14. Patches o'er patches without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of britches?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sarah Wall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drummartin, Co. Cavan
