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School: Stravicnabo

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Stravicnabo, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 413

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    Opens like a barn door shuts like a trap door there many a thing youll think of but youll never think of that. Answer. An umberella
    What is it the loner you pull it the shorter it gets. Answer. A cigarette.
    A house full a room full and you could not catch a soon full. Answer. Smoke.
    What carried its heart in its head. Answer. A head of cabbage
    What is it the more you take out of it the larger it gets. Answer. A hole in the wall.
    One half living, another half dead, and a tail wagging. Answer. A dog with his head in a pot.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat theres many a thing youll think of but youll never think of that. Answer. A pipe.
    What goes with the bus, comes with the bus, and the bus cannot go without it. Answer. The noise.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maeve Fay
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Fay
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan