School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)16Old mother Twitchet had but eye, and a long tail which she let fly and every time she went over the gap she left a bit of her tail in a trap.
A needle.
What is the difference between two and three. One.
Lives in winter, dies in summer and grows with its roots upwards.
An icicle.
Over the water and under the water and always with its head down.
A ships keel.
A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose a hundred eyes and never a nose.
A potato.
Read my riddle I pray, What God never the King seldom sees(continues on next page)- Collector
- William Mc Quillan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon