School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 169
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- (continued from previous page)VVI
What goes through the gap and through the gap and leaves a bit of it's tail behind.
Ans a needle and thread.
- XII
What has a tongue and cannot speak.
Ans. The tongue of your boot
II
What goes round and round the wood and cannot get into the wood.
Ans. The bark of a tree.VIII
Patch upon patch without any stitches.
If you riddle me that I will buy you a pair of britches. Ans. A cabbage head. - XIV
What has teeth and cannot eat?
A CombXV
As I went through the garden gap
Who should I meed but Dick Red cap.
A stick in his hand a stone in his throat
If you'll tell me this riddle I'll give you a groat.
A Cherry.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Hepburn
- Gender
- Female
