School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

Location:
Clonard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    What is taken from you before it is given to you.
    Your photograph
    What man dares sit before the King with his hat on.
    The Coachman
    If it takes five yards to make a coat what will it take to make a hat.
    A Taylor
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Going all day and sleeps in the corner at night.
    A twig
    What is neither inside nor outside and still it is useful to the house.
    A window
    Long legs crooked ties little head and no eyes.
    A tongs
    What goes round the house and round the house and never gets into the house
    A lazy woman
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Geraghty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towlaght, Co. Meath