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School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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    Headed like a thimble, Tailed like a rat.
    You may guess for ever.
    But you couldn't guess that. A Pipe.
    Whats full and hold more.
    A Pot full of of potatoes when you pour water in it.
    What goes round the wood and around the wood and never gets into the wood. The bark of a tree.
    I looked out the window and I saw the dead carrying the living. A Bicycle.
    A white barrel on the street with two kinds of food in it. An Egg.
    A bridge on a lake without a stone or stick. Ice.
    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
    Michael Parker
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mary E. Parker
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncah, Co. Roscommon