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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 486

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    round the house and into every hole and corner?
    Answer: The wind.
    Question: As round as an apple as plump as a ball and al the kings horses would not pull it up?
    Answer: A spring well.
    Question: Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four?
    Answer: A person milking a cow.
    Question: Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?
    Answer: A cake in an oven.
    Question: It goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood
    Answer: The bark of a tree.
    Question: Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Answer: Because she cannot lick it.
    Question: How many sides on an
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo