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School: Irishtown

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Milltown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Margaret McNally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 079

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    Riddles
    As I went up the garden path who should I meet but Dick red cap a stick in his hand a stone in his throat riddle me this and I'll give you a groat.
    Ans a groat (?)
    What is that we have and God has not:
    Ans A Master
    What are the three hardest things to get in the world?
    A boot for the foot of the mountain
    A sheet for the bed of the ocean
    A mouse's nest in a cat's ear
    What is the strongest thing in the world.
    Ans A snail because it carries its house on its back.
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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
    Marcella Keogh
    Gender
    Female