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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 099

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    1 Although I am black I am much admired. Men and horses I have tired. Gold and silver I have made. But after all in the dunghill I am laid.
    Turf
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    2. Gravel as I travel. Board as I stand. Mare without a foal. Who never caught a bridle in her hand
    A Train
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    3. Under water over water and never touches the water.
    A woman carrying a bucket of water on her head over a bridge
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    4. The King of Manchester, sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to fill it of flesh.
    A Ring
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    5. Tis white tis black and tis read all over
    The Newspaper
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    6. As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the road like hailstone.
    The Magpie
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    7. Tis red tis blue and tis sparkling green. The King cannot touch it nor neither the queen.
    The Rainbow
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    8. What turns without moving
    Milk
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    9. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.
    A Bed
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    10. Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes.
    A pair of tongs
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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
    John Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghroe South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Kelleher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Mullaghroe South, Co. Cork