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School: Mullagh (B)

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Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Drury
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 040

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    Round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood. The moon.
    When a man has twenty patches on his breeches what time is it? It's time to get a new pair.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches? A head of cabbage.
    What is the shyest thing in the world?
    "The clock, because it keeps its hands on its face.
    What is it that sings but never speaks? A Kettle
    What opens like a barn door and snaps like a trap? You may guess for ever but you'll never guess that. An umbrella.
    As I got up this morning I saw a man milking the cow with an iron tail. A man pumping water
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Freddie Deignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Deignan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan