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School: Caddlebrook (roll number 10642)

Location:
Caddellbrook, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhocraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 218

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 218

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Long legs crooked thighs little head and no eyes
    Ans A tongs
    What is it that has four fingers and a thumb and has neither flesh nor bone
    Ans A glove
    What is it that never asks questions yet requires many answers
    Ans A doorbell
    Which bird has a name you could spell with one letter
    Ans The jay
    Which bird has a name that tells you whether he flies fast or slow
    Ans swift
    Who was the first whistler.
    Ans The wind
    A word with five letters take away two and there is one left
    Ans A stone
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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
    Rose Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon