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School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0971, Page 112

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    Use me well and I am everybody, scratch my back and I am nobody. What am I? (A Mirror)
    What is it that was three weeks old when Adam was a boy and was only four when he was a man?
    (The Moon)
    It has eyes that cannot see, a tongue that cannot talk a 'sole' that cannot be saved.
    (A Boot)
    Longs legs, crooked thighs,
    small head and no eyes?
    (A pair of tongs)
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Teresa Shannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonosey, Co. Cavan