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School: Rathwire (C.) (roll number 8416)

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Ráth Ghuaire, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
Mrs. Caffrey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 461

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has teeth and cant eat.
    A saw.
    Says the child to the father how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son.
    A daughter.
    I have a little sister called pipiddy peep.
    She would go over the sea if it was so deep.
    She would go over the mountain if it was ever so high.
    And my dear little sister has only one eye.
    A Star
    Five fingers and no bones.
    A glove
    What is full and holds more.
    A pot of potatoes.
    What goes in dry and comes out wet the longer you leave it the stronger it gets.
    Tea.
    Old Mother Twicket she has but one eye
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Whelehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brutonstown, Co. na hIarmhí