School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- I Q When I was young they did me cut and in a hole they did me put. When I was scarcely four months old they came to search for me like gold. Iron and steel they did me turn, water and fire they did me burn. When I was peeled, in my skin they soon got a hole to put me in.
A A potato.
II Q There was a man who had no eyes he went out one day to view the skies. He saw a tree with apples on it. He took no apples off it and left no apples on it.
A He had one eye and saw a tree with two apples on it and took it off and left one on.
III Q Patches upon patches and no stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of britches.
A A head of cabbage
IV Q How far can a dog run into a forest?
A. Half way because one half he is running in and the other half he us running out.
V Q Luke has it before and Paul has it behind and Nicky Kelly has it twice in the one(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullyunshin, Co. Cavan