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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1021, Page 034

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    mouth in his journey?
    A. Because he has always the bits in his mouth
    Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll give you my breeches.
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q. Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes?
    A. A pair of tongs.
    Q. Londonderry Cork and Kerry spell me that in four letters.
    A. That.
    Q. One morning as I was going to the fair I met nine hundred and ninty nine asses and their nine hundred and ninty nine carts nine hundred hundred and ninty nine tinkers and their nine hundred and ninty nine wives how many went to the fair?
    A. One.
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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
    Lucy Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greaghagibney, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs L. Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher