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   1. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, Can climb the church, over steeple and all? The Sun. 2. What is it that always with its head down? A nail in your boot. 3. What goes away between two Woods And comes home between two waters? A man fetching water in pails 4. What goes away above the ground, And returns under it? A man with sods on his head 5. Middy-noddy, round body, Three feet and a wooden hat.? A pot. 6. What's full and holds more.? A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in. 7. One half dead; the other half living, And a tail wagging.? A dog with its head in a pot. 8. What goes round the wood, and round the wood, and never gets into the wood? The bark of a tree. 9. Headed like a thimble, Tailed like a rat

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Anny Mc Monagle

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Cella Mc Caffery

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Mary Dobson

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Collector

   Rosline Crampsey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Letterkenny, Co. Donegal