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School: Legaginny

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Legaginny, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0992, Page 031

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    What is that which cannot run, though it always had three feet?
    A yard.
    Little miss Etticoat in her white petticoat the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
    A Candle.
    What coloured letters do we eat?
    Green peas.
    What is the difference between ceremonies and forms?
    You stand upon ceremonies and it upon forms.
    A leaper of ditches, a clipper of thorns a little brown cow, with a pair of leather horns?
    A hair.
    One half dead, another half living and a tail wagging?
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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
    Peadar Mach Croithi
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrymore, Co. Cavan