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School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)

Location:
Gaigue, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    There is no down it is all hair.
    What goes from here to Dublin without moving?
    The Road
    What side of the mug is the handle on?
    On the outside.
    How is it that a hen picks a pot?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever, but you won't guess that?
    A pipe.
    What has eyes but cannot see?
    a potato
    What tree is most liked in Summer?
    The beech.
    What runs fast but has no legs?
    A tap.
    What has a tongue but cannot speak? A boot.
    Why is it that your nose never grows to the twelve inches?
    Because it would be a foot.
    What has legs but cannot walk?
    A table
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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
    Rosaleen Mc Entee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs R. Mernash
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford