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

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What sleeps all night with its finger in its eye.
    A crook.
    What travels very fast but never reaches the end of its journey.
    The wind.
    What is it that is too much for one enough for two and none at all for three.
    A secret.
    What is the four letters in the alphabet that would frighten a robber.
    O I C U
    As soft as silk as white as milk.
    As bitter as gall a thick wall
    And a brown covers one all.
    A Walnut.
    What stands on one leg and its head in its heart.
    A head of cabbage.
    What stirs and stirs but never moves out of the one place.
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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
    Minnie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Francis Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Aghnagollop, Co. Leitrim