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School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Anraoi Musgrave
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 014

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Round body.
    Three feet and a wooden hat.
    Ans. A pot.
    It goes round the wood and round the wood, and never goes into the wood.
    Ans. The bark of a tree.
    Patch upon patches without any stitches.
    Riddle me that, and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    Two legs hanging and four legs banking.
    Ans. A man riding a horse.
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    Facts collected from:-
    Mrs. Nora O'Connor, Glenastar,
    Ardagh,
    County Limerick.
    Riddles.
    As round as an apple.
    As deep as a cup.
    And all the men in Kerry.
    Could not take it up?
    Answer- A well.
    As I went out a slippery gap. I met my
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Nora O Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenastar, Co. Limerick