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School: Bláithín Íosa, Lappin (?)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 171

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    Riddles
    Molly Smith Loughlinnen, Tullyvin, Bootehill
    Information from Peter Smith Loughlinnen
    Head without hair, teeth without lips, a long tail and no hips? a rake
    a houseful and a roomful and I could not catch a spoonful? Smoke
    A useful useless article thats bought and never lent? A coffin
    What has two hands and never washes its face? the clock
    What is the smallest room in the world? A Mushroom
    What is the most useful thing in the house and the least thought of? The discloth.
    Headed like a thimble tailed a rat you may guess for ever but you will not guess that? a pipe
    What is full of holes and none of them true? a thimble
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughlinnan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Peter Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughlinnan, Co. Cavan