School: Drong
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs. Mc Brady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 275
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- Q. What is most like a horse shoe?
A. The other shoe.
Q. What makes a pair of boots?
A. Two boots.
Q. What is always behind time?
A. The back of a watch.
Q. What was the first thing Noah put in the ark
A. A nail.
Q. What walks with its head downwards?
A A nail in a person's boot.
Q. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
A. The crook.
Q. What is full and holds more.
A. A pot of potatoes when water is poured in.
Q. Why is a dog's tail like the inside of a tree
A. Because it is farthest from the bark.
Q. What is most in a riddle?
A Corners.
Q. On which side is the handle on a jug?
A. On the outside.
- Collector
- May Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corravarry, Co. Cavan
