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School: Carrickallen

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Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
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A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 144

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    I Q When I was young they did me cut and in a hole they did me put. When I was scarcely four months old they came to search for me like gold. Iron and steel they did me turn, water and fire they did me burn. When I was peeled, in my skin they soon got a hole to put me in.
    A A potato.
    II Q There was a man who had no eyes he went out one day to view the skies. He saw a tree with apples on it. He took no apples off it and left no apples on it.
    A He had one eye and saw a tree with two apples on it and took it off and left one on.
    III Q Patches upon patches and no stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of britches.
    A A head of cabbage
    IV Q How far can a dog run into a forest?
    A. Half way because one half he is running in and the other half he us running out.
    V Q Luke has it before and Paul has it behind and Nicky Kelly has it twice in the 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
    Teresa Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyunshin, Co. Cavan