School: Dungimmon

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   every time she went over a gap she left a bit of her in the trap.
   {A needle and thread}
   Higgledy piggledy here we lie picked and plucked and put in a pie.
   {Currants}
   Nature requires five, custom gives seven, laziness takes nine and wickedness eleven
   {Hours of sleep}

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Eight arms but no head, a wooden leg but cannot stand is often wet, but cannot feel, has no boots but is shod with steel, a dress of silk with a belt around the middle?
   {An umbrella}
   Whats the difference between a frog and a flea?
   {A frog leaps on his own belly but a flea doesn't care whose belly it leaps on}

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Imelda Sheridan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dún gCoimín Íochtarach, Co. an Chabháin