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School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 301

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    1.
    Whats that has teeth but cannot eat
    A comp [?-b?]
    2,
    Goes to the water never drinks goes to the field never eats.
    A horse's shoe.
    3.
    Around the house round the house, heads turned down.
    Nails in a person's shoe.
    4.
    Whats that that has feet but no legs.
    A ruler
    5.
    Four legs up four legs down, soft in the middle hard all around.
    A bed.
    6.
    Why does the hen pick the pot.
    Because she cannot lick it.
    7.
    A man standing at a fence eats everything he gets but never drinks anything.
    A fire.
    8.
    A red little head with one little leg.
    A match.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sabina Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo