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School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)

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Loughshinny, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
James Monks
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 77

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    Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four? A woman milking a cow.
    Riddle me a riddle me row a teeth like a cat and bends like a bow? A saw.
    What is it that goes up a ladder with its head down? A nail in a mans boot.
    I have a little house and it would not a mouse and it has as many windows as the Lord Mayors house? A timble
    She has feet upon her and walk upon none she goes far from her dwelling and seldom comes home? A ship
    Opens like a barn door, and shuts like a trap, you would think of many a thing but you would not think of that? An umberella
    Black and white and red all over? A newspaper
    What is it that goes to a door and never walks? A path
    Between too waters an between two woods
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    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
    Informant
    James Mc Girl
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baldongan, Co. Dublin