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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

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Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 335

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    10. No body I have
    No food I ere crave
    And yet of long legs I have two
    And I never walk
    Nor I never talk
    And what does me nobody do.
    If you move me
    Then I move most plainly
    My feet always serves me for hands
    I gather up all
    The great and the small
    As my master or mistress commands.
    If you straddle me wide
    I then cannot ride
    And that for the best of all reasons
    In the Winter
    And Summer seasons.
    What am I? Ans. Tongs.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Adhamhnan Mag Fhionntaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13