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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 458

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    as a pan the head of a woman and the whole of a man.
    Ans. An English penny.
    (19) Why does a hen pick the pot?
    Ans. Because she cannot lick it.
    (20) Humpty, Dumpty, sat on a wall,
    Humpty, Dumpty, got a great fall,
    and all the king's horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty, Dumpty, together again.
    Ans. An egg.
    (21) I have a little horse with an iron throat as fast as he gallops he swallows the rope.
    Ans. A spinning wheel.
    (22) Its under (under) the fire and over the fire but it cannot touch the fire.
    Ans. A cake in a oven.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo