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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 12_006

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    when you put water in to it.
    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever,
    But you cannot guess that.
    Answer: A pipe.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches.
    A head of cabbage.
    What goes round the wood and never gets into the wood.
    The bark of a tree.
    What goes away above the ground and returns under it.
    A man with sods on his head.
    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
    Máire Ní Dabhuren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meggagh West, Co. Clare