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School: Monaseed (roll number 15937)

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Monaseed, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Nioclás Ó Diomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0889, Page 006

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q : Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever,
    But you couldnt guess that.
    A : A pipe.
    Q : Patch upon patch,
    Without any stitches,
    Riddle me that,
    And Ill buy you a pair of breeches.
    A : A cabbage.
    Q : As round as an apple,
    As plump as a ball,
    Can climb the Church,
    Over steeple and all.
    A : The Sun.
    Q : As round as an apple,
    As flat as a pan,
    A whole woman,
    And half a man.
    A : A penny.
    Q : What s it the older it gets, the
    smaller it grows?
    A : A candle.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Peggy Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Schoolchildren