School: Clonard (roll number 16067)
- Location:
- Cluain Ioraird, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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- What goes under the water and over the water and never touches the water. Ans. The moon.Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a breeches. Ans. A head of cabbage.What is the nearest bird to the fire. Ans. The craneThe Queen of Morocco built a ship and in that ship her daughter sits and I'll be killed for telling her name and that's three times I told her name. Ans. AnneWhat is smaller than a midgets mouth. Ans. The bit that goes into itInk ank under lank ten drawing four. Ans. A man milking a cow.There was a little house and it wouldn't hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the Lord Mayors house. Ans. A thimbleWhat is the first bet Adam made. Ans.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Bracken
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ashfield or Screeboge, Co. na Mí