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School: Castlecary

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Ballyrattan, Co. Donegal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 9

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    And returns in under it?
    Answer: A man with rods on his head.
    12. Down in the meadow I have a piece of fat.
    Four and twenty carpenters working in that. Some have blue bonnets and some have straw hats.
    Riddle me that and I'll give you a grot.
    Answer: Mud men who make bricks with peat mud.
    13 I say on my hunkers
    I looked through my peepers
    I saw the dead burying the living.
    Answer: Dead ashes falling on the fire.
    14 Middy noddy, round body,
    Three feet and a wooden hat
    Answer: A pot.
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    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
    Arthur Peoples
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecary, Co. Donegal