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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   Riddles (continued)
   (1)
   Q. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
   Can climb the church over steeple and all.
   Ans - The sun.

   (2)
   Q. What is it always walks with its head down?
   Ans - A nail in your boot.

   (3)
   Q. What goes away between two woods?
   And comes home between two waters.
   Ans-A man fetching water in pails.

   (4)
   Q. What gows away above the ground,
   And returns under it?
   Ans-

   (5)
   Q. Middy-Noddy round body,
   Three feet and a wooden hat.
   Ans-A pot.

   (6)
   Q. Whats full and holds more?
   Ans-A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.

   (7)
   Q. One half dead; the other half living,
   And a tail wagging?
   Ans-A dog with its head in a pot.

   (8)
   Q. Headed like a thimble,
   Tailed like a rat,
   You may guess for ever,
   But you couldn't guess that!
   Ans-A pipe

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eoin Bermingham

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Tankardstown, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mrs Bermingham

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   56

   Address

   Tankardstown, Co. Limerick