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1. Riddles atá i mBéal na nDaoine (continued)

   

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   3 Headed like a chimble tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you wont guess that
   Answer. A pipe.
   4 Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me chat and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
   Answer. A head of cabbage.
   5 As I went up callow hill callow hill was shaking I saw four bull dogs tearing up the nation
   Answer. A man harrowing.

   

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2. Riddles atá i mBéal na nDaoine

   

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   1 Under the hills there lies a deer with golden horns bright and clean it has no flesh skin or bone but under the hills it lies alone. Answer. The Sun. 2 When is a pie like a certain poet. Answer. When it is browning

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlís Ní Ailche

   Gender

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