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School: Naomh Pádraig (B.), Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 14784)

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Dunmanway, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Young
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0305, Page 008

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    I know a little barrel and it is red in the middle and white all round.
    An Egg.
    As I went up a slippery gap I met my Auntie Mary. She had timber toes and iron nose and I thought she was a fairy.
    A Plough
    I have a house at home and a mouse could not live in it and all the king's men could not count how many windows in it.
    A thimble
    What part of a cow goes over teh ditch first
    Her breath
    What goes around teh house and around the house and stop at the back-door.
    The brush
    If a poker, shovel, tongs and fender cost £1-18-6 what would the coal come to
    Ashes
    Pieces and patches without any stitches riddle me that and I will you my britches
    A head of Cabbage
    As round as a marble as flat as a pan the whole of a woman the head of a man.
    A penny
    As round as a marble as plump as a ball can climb the Church wall over steeple and all.
    The sun
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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
    Dan Lordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fanlobbus, Co. Cork