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School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)

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Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
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Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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    VVI
    What goes through the gap and through the gap and leaves a bit of it's tail behind.
    Ans a needle and thread.
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    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.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Hepburn
    Gender
    Female