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   throat, as quick as he runs, he eats the rope.
   A spinning wheel.

   As I went over yon London bridge I met a London boy, he took off his hat and threw off his clothes, what would you call the London boy?
   Andrew

   There was a man rode down the town, Great Britain was his name, His bridle and saddle "was" girted with Gold, And there it's three times I have told you his name. Was

   Blackie and white went up the hill blackie came back and white stayed still.
   A black hen going to lay an egg.

   Riddle me, riddle, me, "ruitin", how many potatoes in a pot of "bruitin"? None because they are all "Cruitin".

   What goes round the house and round dragging its "puddings" after it?
   A hen and a flock of chickens.
   What walks the ground and never tosses the dew? A shadow.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Fred Forbes

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Mary Cullen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dergvone, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Michael J. Gilmartin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dergvone, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Nora Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim