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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 011

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    In Amsterdam its common
    In Munster it is still
    Tis always in a mountain
    And never in a hill
    Always in timber
    Never in people
    But still it is in me?
    The letter M
    I have a lot of fancy teeth,
    set neatly in a row,
    Those teeth are always moving,
    let me work both fast and slow,
    And sometimes round in circle,
    In many shapes I'm seen
    I work by hand and water
    And better still by steam
    I never had the toothache
    Nor doctor ere could draw
    Nor dentist ever could extract a tooth from out my jaw?
    A saw
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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
    Essie White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisagoan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30
    Address
    Lisagoan, Co. Cavan