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School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)

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Edengora, Co. Meath
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Michael Hetherton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0710, Page 106

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. I have an old cow and she lies by the wall
    Give her hay, give her straw give her anything atall
    Give her wind she will fly give her water and she will die?
    A. A Fire
    Q. What is black and white and read (red) all over?
    A. A Newspaper
    Q. Riddle me, riddle me ree has an eye and cannot see?
    A. A Needle
    Q. They boil me, they boil me until they make me sweat
    The longer they boil me the harder I get?
    A. An Egg
    Q. Blackie and Whitie went over a hill
    Blackie came home and White stood still?
    A. A black hen after laying an egg
    Q. A leaper of ditches, a clipper of thorns
    A little browm cow and a leather pair of horns.
    A. A Rabbit
    Q. Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes!
    A. A Tongs
    Q. What is full and holds more?
    A. A Pot of Potatoes when full will hold water
    Q. What has a head, a foot and four legs?
    A. A Bed
    Q. The man that made it never wore it
    The man that wore it never saw it?
    A. Coffin
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