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School: Porturlan

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Porturlan, Co. Cavan
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Mrs Mc Tiernan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 334

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    Riddles
    How many sticks goes to the building of a crow's nest.
    None they are all carried.
    What turns without moving.
    Sweet milk turns sour.
    I ran and I got it I look for it and couldn't get it If I had to get I would have thrown it away. I couldn't get it so I had to keep it.
    A thorn in your foot.
    Why is the letter A like twelve o clock.
    Because its in the middle of day.
    Flies high flies low wears shoes and got none.
    A football
    What part of a fish weights most.
    Scales
    What always leaves an inhabited house
    Smoke
    What goes up a ladder with its head down.
    A nail in a man's shoe.
    What is full and can hold more.
    A pot of potatoes
    What is open when closed and closed when open
    Gates on a railway crossing.
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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
    Victor Finlay
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    15
    Address
    Sruhagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    28
    Address
    Sruhagh, Co. Cavan