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School: Paddock, Mountrath (roll number 13173)

Location:
Paddock, Co. Laois
Teacher:
A. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 085

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    What is full and can hold more
    ANS; A pot of potatoes
    The more you put in it the lighter it gets.
    ANS; Putting holes in a stick.
    What always has its head on the ground.
    ANS; The nails in a man's boot.
    I went between two woods and I came back between two waters.
    ANS; danan carrying two pails of water.
    Black and white and red all over.
    ANS; A newspaper.
    Middle moddle a round body the feet a wooden hat.
    ANS; A pot.
    There was a man of Adam's race he had a certain dwelling place not in heaven nor in hell nor any other place a man could dwell.
    ANS; Jonas in the whales belly.
    It's green as silk as white as milk and hops on the ground like hailstones.
    ANS; A magpie.
    What part of a motor comes in to a town first.
    ANS; The noise.
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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
    Pupils Paddock N.S.