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School: Gleann Coirib (roll number 6763)

Location:
Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Hargadáin
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    Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of trousers?
    A head of cabbage.
    Why does a cow look over the [?]
    Because she can't look under it.
    I would take it in my fist and the king could not put a string on it:- Sand.
    As white as milk, as blue as silk [?] He hops on the road like a marble stone:- A magpie.
    As tround as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's horses could not bring it up:-
    The moon shining on a well.
    Why are old stockings like dead men? (a) They go into holes. (b) They are mended (men-ded) (c) Their soles (souls) are departed.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mary Hennelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Hennelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glencorrib, Co. Mayo