School: Annaglogh (roll number 7558)
- Location:
- Achadh na gCloch, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Maonaigh
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- (continued from previous page)What stands outside the wood
And eats inside?
PigWhy is a room full of married people like an empty one?
Because there is not a single person in it.what has teeth but never eats?
Comb.A stick in its side a stone in its belly.
Riddle me that & I'll give you a penny?
Haw.Riddle me, riddle me, randy ho.
My father gave me seed to sow.
The seed was black & the ground was white
Riddle me that & I'll give you a pipe?
Ink & paper.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
" " got a great fall
All the King's horses & all the king's men
Wouldn't put H. Dumpty together again.
An Egg.As round as an apple, as deep as a cup
King George & his soldiers couldn't put it up?
The moon in a well.How many jaggers in an acre of whins?
One and all the rest.Although I have neither legs nor feet
I'm only useful when I go.
I have no tongue, but yet I tell
What many hundreds want to know?
Watch.What goes round & round the floor with a harrow after it?
A hen & chickens(continues on next page)
