School: Edenagully
- Location:
- Edennagully, Co. an Chabháin
- Teachers: S. Ó Cléirigh C. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)Q| What is it always walks with its head down.
A| A nail in your boot.
Q| What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters.
A| A man fetching water in pails.
Q| Middy-noddy round body three feet and wooden hat.
A| A pot.
Q| Whats full and holds more.
A| A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
Q| Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
A| A head of cabbage.
Q| What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
A| The bark of a tree.
Q| What member of Parliament wears the largest hat
A| The man with the largest head.
Q| Big mouth can't talk two ears can't hear three legs can't walk.
A| A pot.
Q| Grows in the wood sounds in the town earns his master many a pound.(continues on next page)
