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School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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    18-1-38 Riddles
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland could not pull up.
    A well.
    I went up the stairs black and white and I came down red.
    A paper.
    What walks with its head down.
    A nail in your boot.
    Parch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that (with) and I will give you a pair of breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    Why thoes a lady look at the moon.
    Because there is a man in it.
    What is the whitest part of a blackcow.
    Her milk.
    What is the smallest bridge in the world.
    The bridge of your nose.
    What tune makes everyone glad.
    A fortune.
    What is it that show others and cannot see itself.
    A mirror.
    What has a lot of eyes & no nose.
    A potatoe.
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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
    Peggy Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny