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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 146

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    As round as an apple.
    As deep as a cup.
    And all the men in Derry.
    Could'nt lift it up.
    A Well
    It goes in black and comes out white
    A Baker's Boot.
    Its in all day and out all night
    The Latch of The Door
    I have an iron horse.
    He has an iron throat.
    And every time he goes to trot.
    He swallows back the rope.
    A Spinning Wheel.
    As I went up the windy gap.
    I met my uncle David.
    I cut off his head and drank his blood.
    And left his body easy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Shea
    Gender
    Female