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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Riddles
    What side is the handle on a mug.
    The outside
    What sleeps all night with its finger in its eye.
    A crook.
    What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earn his master many a crown.
    A fiddle
    Flour of England Fruit of Spain met together in a shower of rain rolled up a rag tied with a string riddle me that and your as wise as a king
    A plum pudding
    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
    Victor Finlay
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    15
    Address
    Sruhagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    28
    Address
    Sruhagh, Co. Cavan