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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
    It can climb the churches over steeple and all.
    Ans. The sun.
    A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat.
    You may guess for ever, you will not guess that.
    Ans. A pipe.
    What has two wings but cannot fly?
    Ans. A Cart.
    Twenty sheep went through a gap.
    Twenty more followed that, and two and three. How many is that?
    Ans. five.
    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
    James Mc Ivor
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    James Redden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Redden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal