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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   99. Black and white went up the hill.
   Black came down and white stayed above.
   (A hen laying an egg on a hill)

   100. A white man with a red nose,
   The longer he lives the shorter he grows.
   (A candle)

   101. A head like a thimble and a tail like a rat
   Many a thing you'll think of before you think of that
   (A pipe)

   102. What with four legs has the most feathers?
   (A bed)

   103. What it does in the day it covers in the night
   (Ashes)

   104. Muitún iarainn is droibaillín olna
   (Snáthad is snáth)

   105. An rud is mó a bhfuil suíle air agus nach bhfeiceann
   [?]

   106. A flock of white sheep on a red hill,
   Here they go, there they go, and now they stand still
   (The teeth and the tongue)

   107. Patch upon patch without any stitches
   Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches
   (A head of cabbage)

   108. Riddle me, riddle me. what's that over the head and under the hat
   (The hair of the head)

   109. A little brown man carries his house on his back
   (A snail)

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Cléirigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Annefield, Co. Mayo