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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

Location:
Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 023

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    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all?
    The sun.
    What is it always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    What goes away between two woods and comes home between two water?
    A man fetching water in pails.
    What goes away above the ground and return under it?
    A man with sods on his head.
    What is a black bird the same as a rich man?
    Because he is always changing his notes.
    Middy-noddy round body three feet and a wooden hat?
    A pot.
    What is full and holds more?
    A pot full of potaotes, when you pore water in.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eóin Ó Ruadhghán
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullavally, Co. Louth