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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 18_010

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    A row of white horses on a white hill there standing, there standing, quite still?
    Answer:- Your teeth.
    All patches, no stiches riddle me that and I'll give you a breeches.
    Answer:- A head of cabbage.
    Biddy inside the wall Biddy outside the wall if you touch Biddy she will bite you?
    (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
    Nellie Wynne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary