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School: Crannach, Inis

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Cranny, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Maolchaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 114

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    A A fiddle.
    Q As round as a marble has teeth like a cat you'll guess and you'll guess but you'll never guess that
    A A brier
    Q Why is a dying man like a window
    A Because he's full of pains
    Q Why is a shoe-makers shop like hell
    A Because it is full of black soles.
    Q Under the fire and over the fire and it never touches the fire.
    A A loaf of bread in an oven.
    Q Where was moses when the light went out
    A in the darkness
    Q The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it
    A A coffin
    Q What is full and holds more.
    A A pot of potatoes
    Q A steel horse with a furry tail
    A A needle and woolen thread
    Q The more you take from it, the larger it grows.
    A A hole in your clothes.
    Q Riddle me, riddle me randio my father gave me some seeds to sow the
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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
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cross More, Co. Clare