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Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 370

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is standing in the garden with a hundred coats on it?
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    What is worse than having a hole in your stocking?
    Ans. Having two holes in your stocking
    Humpy back and hollow back and three dirty children?
    Ans. A pot
    What is it the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    Ans. A hole.
    As white as a lily as red as a rose, the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    Ans. A candle.
    All patches no stitches, riddle me that an I will give you a breeches?
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    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
    John Guinan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly