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School: Ceathrú an Gharrdha

Location:
Carrowgarry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 166

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    couldn't work without them all.
    Four knitting needles.
    What has hands and cannot feel?
    A clock.
    What's in the rock that's not in the stone?
    The letter R.
    As old as adam four week's old and never saw five.
    The moon.
    The more you take from it the bigger it gets.
    A hole.
    Riddley, Riddley, I suppose a hundred eyes without a nose.
    A riddle.
    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
    May Crean
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowcardin, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Crean
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowcardin, Co. Sligo