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School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)

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Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 61

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Because they are both licked and put in a corner
    Heat because you can catch cold
    A pig, because it is killed first and cured after-wards
    A yard
    A nail in your shoe
    Then she is in the barrel
    A towel
    One faces the powder and the other powders the face
    Clock because she keeps her hands on her facee
    Milk
    Bessie Moorehead
    Glenmaquin
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Riddles

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    Two, outside and inside
    Because it can fall on any day of the week
    The ash
    Because the sooner out the better
    Because it is in the middle of washing
    The side that is eaten, because the other side is left
    C.U.
    Carpet
    The sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick
    Two
    The birch
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Carrie Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal