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School: Inishcaltra

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Cappaduff, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0589, Page 049

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    Head like a timble tail like a rat, you can guess for ever but you will not guess that. = A pipe. The older it gets the shorter it gets. = A candle..
    Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes. = A tongs.
    What goes up a ladder with its head down. = A nail in your boot. What has a tongue and never speaks. = A boot. I have a little cow she sits on the wall, she drinks all I give her, and eat none at all. = A lamp. Hard working father, wee lazy mother, twelve little childre all like one another. = A clock. Middy noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat. = A pot. Why does
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Kenneally
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountshannon, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Patrick Kenneally Esq.
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountshannon, Co. Clare