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School: Tobar (B.)

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Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ó Maoltuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 068

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    As round as an apple; as plump as a ball;
    Can climb the church over steeple and all.
    The sun
    One half dead, another half alive and a tail wagging?
    A dog with his head in a pot.
    What goes up a ladder with his head down?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    Not an artist, people say
    Yet it draws things ever day.
    A horse.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry. Spell me that without a K? T h a t
    Why is a coward like a leaking vessel?
    Because they both run.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Parkwood, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Daniel Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Parkwood, Co. Offaly

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    Black I am and much admired,
    Men and horses have I tired.
    Break my back and bruise my face,
    And take me out of my burial place.
    Turf.
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