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School: Killashandra (2.)

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Killashandra, Co. Cavan
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    1. What is full and holds more?
    A pot of potatoes when water is poured in.
    2. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    The bark of the tree.
    3. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    The crook.
    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
    Ida Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coromahon House, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coromahon House, Co. Cavan