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School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 008

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    How would you put one mug through the handle of another.
    Word mug through.
    Round the house and round the house and lies at the back door.
    A twig.
    Walks on two legs
    Carries three legs and the head of the living in the mouth of the dead.
    A man carrying a pot on his head.
    Its a useful useless instrument
    Whenever its bought its never lent
    The man who buys it never uses it
    And the man its bought for never sees it
    A coffin
    What is it that has eyes that cannot see and a tongue that cannot speak.
    A shoe.
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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
    Monica Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim