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School: Moher

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Moher, Co. Cavan
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J. Wilson
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    Riddles
    1.
    A leaper of ditches
    A clipper of thorns
    A little brown cow
    With a pair of leather horns
    Answer A hare
    2.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches
    Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches!
    Answer A cabbage
    3.
    Blackie and whitie went the hill
    Blackie came back but whitie stood still
    Answer A hen laying her egg
    4.
    Headed like a thimble
    Tailed like a rat
    You may guess for ever
    But you couldn't guess that!
    Answer A pipe
    5.
    Middy noddy, round body
    Three feet and a wooden hat
    Answer A pot
    6.
    A houseful a roomful
    But you couldn't catch a spoonful
    Answer The smoke
    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
    Patsy Leddy
    Gender
    Female