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School: Muclach

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Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
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S. Ó Néill
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    Riddles 23-11-'37
    What is it that has a head a foot and four legs?
    A bed.
    What is it that flies high, flies low and wears out the soles of your shoes?
    Dust.
    What is it that is full of holes yet holds water?
    A sponge.
    What poet was never slow?
    Swift.
    What is it that feet but no legs?
    A yard ruler.
    What bus gives room to most people?
    Columbus.
    If you fell off a wall what would you fall against?
    Your will.
    A leaper of ditches a clapper of thorns a tiny fellow with two leather horns?
    A rabbit.
    Why is the letter F so much like a cow's tail?
    Because it is the end of beef.
    Collected by:-
    Lily Boylan,
    St. O'Hara,
    Tullamore. Age 12 years
    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
    Lily Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly