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School: Edraguil (roll number 11225)

Location:
Edergole, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Nic Philip
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 235

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    What ship do we all try to avoid?
    Hardship
    What has four legs one head and one foot?
    A bed.
    Riddle me riddle me I suppose two lips without a nose?
    The tongs
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can not lick it.
    What goes up the hill and down the hill and always stands still?
    The road.
    If a man got sixpence for waking a mile what would he get for walking a hundred miles?
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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
    Kathleen Mc Phillips
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnaveane, Co. Monaghan