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School: Faythe Convent, Loch gCarman (roll number 11361)

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Sr. M. de Sales
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 414

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    What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    What is a lady always looking but hopes she will never find?
    A hole in her stocking.
    Headed like a timble tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you will not guess that?
    A pipe.
    What goes into the wood and out of the wood and never touches wood?
    A knife in a man's pocket.
    What goes between two woods and comes back between two waters?
    A man drawing water in wooden pails.
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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
    Breda Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Miss R. Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford