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School: Carraig Áluinn (roll number 16.474)

Location:
Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0228, Page 003

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Riddles (contd)
    9. Patch upon patch without any stitches
    Riddle me this and I'll give you a pair of breeches
    Head of cabbage
    10. What's the difference between a schoolmaster and a postage stamp?
    One licks with a stick
    the other sticks with a lick
    11. What's left on the table to be cut but never eaten?
    Pack of cards
    12. Little Nancy Etticoat
    In a white petticoat
    The longer she stands
    The shorter she's grown.
    A Candle
    13. What bears and never blossoms?
    Crook
    14. What goes round to the wood and round to the wood and never touches the wood?
    Knife in man's pocket
    15. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan
    One side a woman, the other a man.
    English Penny
    16. I went into the wood and found it
    I sat down and looked for it
    I couldn't get it and I brought it home with me.
    Thorn in foot
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    English