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School: Shercock (2)

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Shercock, Co. Cavan
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Bean Mhic Giolla Cluig
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    (1) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumbty had a great fall,
    All the king's horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again?
    Ans. Humpty Dumpty is an egg.
    (2) I have a wee house and it would not hold a mouse and it has as many windows as the king's big house?
    Ans. A Timble.
    (3) Patch upon patch, without any stitches. Riddles me that, and I will buy you a pair of breeches?
    Ans. A Cabbage.
    (4) Whats full and holds more?
    Ans. A pot of potatoes holds water
    (5) What get bigger the more you take of it?
    Ans. A man making a well.
    (6) What is it always walks with its head down?
    Ans. A nail in a man's boot
    (7) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You can guess for ever but you can't guess that?
    Ans. A pipe
    (8) What goes round the house and round the house and stands in the corner at night?
    Ans. The brush.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ida Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacaran, Co. Cavan