School: Darley
- Location:
- Muinchille, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: A. Newburn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 100j
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- (continued from previous page)gave me seed to sow the seed was black and the ground was white Riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe? Ans pen paper and ink.
I had a little sister and they called her Bo Peep she sailed over the waters so deep, deep, deep, she climbed over the mountains so high, high, high, and that dear little sister had a very bright eye? Ans. a star.
Why is the centre of a tree like a dogs tail? Ans Because it is farthest away from the bark.
What is the difference between a woman and a book? Ans. you can close up a book but you cannot close up a woman.
What is the first thing you do before you get out of a railway carriage? Ans you get into it.
What grows in winter with its roots up> Ans An icicle.
Riddle a riddle as you will suppose one hundred eyes and no nose.? Ans a sand riddle.
There is a man in Dublin and he sells thread he is not living and he is not dead he is not in the house and he is not out of the house and there is a man in Dublin and he sells thread?
Ans. Knott
