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School: Newtown (roll number 3275)

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Creevagh, Co. Meath
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Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 267

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  1. A Funny Story (continued)

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    Told by:Patrick Corbally, Piercetown, Ardee, Co. Louth.
    A Collection of Riddles.
    4. Four stick standers, four diddle anders, two lookers and a whip about: a cow.
    A naughty thing, a thorny thing, a grand suit of green the bishop could not wear it neither could the Queen? Holly.
    What turns but never moves? Milk.
    What fish never lives in water? Selfish.
    A little wood, a little wire, a little house and no fire? A cage.
    What is it that gets bigger the more you take from it? A grave.
    A hard working father, an easy going mother, twelve little children as black as another? A clock
    I had a little house it would not hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the lord-mayor's house? A thimble.
    What is the whyest thing in the house. Why? A clock because it
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    2. Four stick standers, four diddle anders, two lookers and a whip about? A cow.
    A naughty thing, a thorny thing, a grand suit of green the bishop could not wear it neither could the queen? Holly.
    What turns but never moves? Milk.
    What fish never lives in water? Selfish.
    A little wood a little wire a little house and no fire? A cage.
    What is it that gets bigger the more you take from it? A grave.
    A hard working father, an easy going mother, twelve little children as black as another? A clock
    I had a little house it would not hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the lord-mayor's house? A thimble.
    What is the shyest thing in the house. Why? A clock because it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Fidelma Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Footstown Little, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Footstown Little, Co. Meath