School: Tullyvin
- Location:
- Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Feeney
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- (continued from previous page)What goes round the wood and never goes into it? - The bark of a tree.
The man that made it did not want it, the man that bought it did not use it, and the man that used it did not see it. - A coffin.
There is a plank on yonder river. It is neither ash, nor oak, nor elm, nor any wood that ever grew. - Ice.
Riddlemy, Riddlemy, Randy Roe, my father gave me seed to sow. The seed was black, and the ground was white. Riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe - A person writing a letter.
What is full and can hold more - A pot of potatoes can hold more water.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Philomena B. Fox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corgreagh, Co. Cavan