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School: Cros-Bhóthar (roll number 14688)

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Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0013

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    (1) What has ahead and no legs.
    A penny
    (2) What has a head a foot and four legs
    A bed.
    (3) What goes up when the rain comes down
    An umbrella
    (4) What has eyes but can never see.
    A potato
    (5) A lazy old woman, a hard working ma
    Twelve little children as black as the pan.
    A Clock.
    (6) What has an eye that can never see
    A Needle
    (7) What has two hands and never washes them
    A clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English