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   5) It is over the fire and under the fire and it never touches the fire. A cake in the oven.
   6) It is in during day and out during the night.
   The latch of the door.

   

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2. Tomhaiseanna

   

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   1) Patch upon patch with no stitches Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. A Cabbage 2) What goes around the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? The bark of a the tree. 3) What is it that always walks with its head down? A nail in your boot. 4) Headed like a thimble Tailed like a rat If you were guessing for ever You would not guess that. A Pipe. 5) Why does a cow look over the fence Because she cannot look under it. 6) one half dead, the other half alive And a tail wagging A dog with his head in a pot. 7) As round as an apple As flat as a pan

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Treasa Ní Bhriain

   Gender

   Female