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School: Louth (C.) (roll number 3252)

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Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Chasaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 211

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    I met a well man with a grey cap.
    He was more afraid of a cock and a hen,
    than King James and all his men.
    A: A snail.
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You would guess forever, but you would not guess that?
    A: A pipe
    I washed my face in water that never sprung or ran, I dried it in a towel that was never woven or spun? I washed it in the dew and I dried it in the sun.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eveline Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Chanonrock, Co. Louth