School: Newgrove
- Location:
- Lisnageer, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Newburn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 101
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- Q. As I went out, as I came in I saw the dead living in. The six sat, the seventh fled. Riddle me that, and hang me dead?
A. A bird's nest inside a dead horse's head.
There is a story in connection with the above riddle which is as follows: A man, who was going to hang aboy for some offence, offered his victim a chance of escape. He said that he would set him free if the boy could give him a riddle he couldn't solve. The boy went out and when he returned he asked this riddle which his executioner could not solve, and so he escaped being hanged.Q. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever but you'll never guess that.
A. A Pipe.Q. What is it that goes round the house and drags a harrow after it?
A. A hen with her flock of chickens. Q Black and white go up the hill, Black came down and white stayed still.
A. A hen laying an egg.Q What turns without moving?
A MilkQ What goes from town without moving?
A The road.(continues on next page)
