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School: Cleristown

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Cleristown, Co. Wexford
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Christine, Bean Uí Bhroin
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    Riddles
    Q. What is it,
    A rich man wants,
    A poor man has,
    A blind man sees,
    A deaf man hears,
    Answer:-Nothing.
    Q. What is it that never was, nor never will be,
    Look at your finger and you plainly will see.
    Answer - Your little finger will never be as big as the others.
    Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood, and never gets into the wood.
    Answer - The bark of a tree.
    Q. Big long Thom with a big red nose, the longer he lives, the shorter he grows.
    Answer - A Candle.
    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
    James Duff
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cleristown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Fortune
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Cleristown, Co. Wexford