School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown
- Location:
- Baile Uí Mheirgin, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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- (continued from previous page)turning it out?
The lightWhat fish is the greatest traveller?
The goldfish, because it's always swimming round the globeWhy is a rich man like a blackbird?
Because he is always changing his notesWhat goes up the hill and down the hill and never moves?
A roadWhat is it that you would not like to have and if you had it you would not like to lose it?
A bald headRiddle-me-ri-me-randie-ro
My father gave me seeds to sow
The seeds were black and the ground was white
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe?
Ink and note paperPatch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches?
A head of cabbage.As round as an apple, as plump as a ball.
It climbs over the church over steeple(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joseph Perkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Uí Mheirgin, Co. Chill Mhantáin