School: Sixmilebridge (C.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: M. J. Walker
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 398
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- (continued from previous page)Eu(rope).
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all?
The sun.
I went into a wood and I got it, I sat down and looked for it, and brought it home because I could not find it?
A thorn.
What is most like a cat's tail?
A kittens.
What goes round the wood and round the wood, and never gets into the wood?
The bark of a tree.
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches?
A head of cabbage.
What is it always walks with its head downwards?
A nail in your boot.(continues on next page)
