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School: Newtown, Borris

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Newtown, Co. Carlow
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Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 477

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    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you might guess for ever and you will not guess that.
    A pipe
    What walks with its head down.?
    The nail in your boot.
    Why is it a clock stops when it falls to the ground?
    Because it could not go any further.
    Why is it a dog turns around twice before he lies down.?
    Because one good turn deserves another.
    What goes round the wood, and never gets into the wood.?
    The bark of a tree.
    What has a tongue and cannot talk.?
    Your boot.
    Said the child to it's father how did it come that you are my father and I am not your son.?
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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
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhegan, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Simon Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballyhegan, Co. Carlow