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School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Answer the Sun
    2. As round as an apple as pump as a pail can never cry out till its pulled by the tail.
    Answer a bell
    3. What is it always walks with its head down
    A nail in your boot
    4. What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters.
    A man fetching water in pails.
    5. What goes away above the ground and returns under it.
    A man with sods on his head.
    6. What's full and holds more.
    Answer: A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Una Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Drumgrania, Co. Leitrim