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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    two waters.
    A man and two buckets of water.
    When is a cow the roundest?
    When she is in a barrel.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the kings men couldn’t put Humpty together again.
    An egg.
    Chip, chip, cherry. All the men in Derry couldn’t climb chip, chip, cherry.
    Smoke.
    What goes round the wood all day and sleeps on its own corners at night.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English