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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 182

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    What turns, but yet never moves.
    Milk.
    What band never play(e)s.
    A band on a hat.
    What has a head and can stand many blows.
    A hammer.
    What has teeth, and cannot eat.
    A comb.
    What goes up a tree with its head down.
    Nails in a (?) mans boot(h)s.
    Annie O Connor
    I got this information from
    Mr O Connor
    St. Fentons
    Sutton,
    Co. Dublin.
    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
    Annie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Informant
    Mr O' Connor
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sutton, Co. Dublin