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School: St. Anne's (B.)

Location:
Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 228

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The shorter she grows
    Ans. A candle burning
    Ques. If I can't live, If I drink I die.
    Ans. A fire.
    Ques. What has four legs one foot and a head but cannot walk?
    Ans. A bed.
    Ques. What is it that people try to get, them try to get rid of?
    ANs. An appetite.
    Ques. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town, and earns its master many a pound?
    Ans. A fiddle.
    Ques. What goes around the wood and never touches the wood
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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
    Aed Mc Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan