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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Composition - Riddles (continued)

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    What was the number of the car. 281
    Patch upon patch with out any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
    A cabbage. What is it always walks with its head down. A nail in your boot. Middy-noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat. A pot.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never enters the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    What full and holds more. A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
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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
    Dan
    Other names
    Dan (local name)
    Daniel Corbett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolatober, Co. Roscommon