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    A Collection of Riddles
    Q There is a little house and it wouldnt hold a a mouse and it has as many windows as a Lord Mayor's house.
    A A thimble
    Q What walks up and down the stairs with its head down?
    A A nail in your boot.
    Q What sleeps in the corner with its finger in its eye?
    A The brook.
    Q Chip, Chip, Cherry, all the men in Derry wouldn climb Chip Chip Cherry.
    A The smoke.
    Q What has several eyes and cant see.
    A The brook.
    Q A big bellied father a small bellied mother and three children just like each other.
    A A pot.
    These riddles were told to me by my brother
    Sam Bennett,
    Ballintemple,
    Ballinagh,
    Co. Cavan.
    Written by Eliza Bennett,
    Ballintemple, N.S.,
    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
    Eliza Bennett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballintemple, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Sam Bennett
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballintemple, Co. Cavan