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School: Beglieve

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Beglieve, Co. Cavan
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Brigid Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 064

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 064

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    Blackie and whitie went over the hill blackie came back but whitie stood still.
    A black hen went over the hill and layed an egg.
    What goes over and under the water and never touches the water?
    An egg in a duck.
    What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
    The besom (sweeping brush)
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you'll never guess that.
    A pipe.
    What can go up the chimney down but cant come down the chimney up?
    An umbrella.
    I am a small word of five letters take me separately and I am the life
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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 Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beglieve, Co. Cavan