School: Dunbell
- Location:
- Dunbell Little, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Dhubhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 351
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles
Long legs, crooked thighs,
Little head and no eyes,
Answer"A tongs"Suzy in the bush, Suzy out of the bush
If you went near Suzy,
She would sting you.
Answer: "A nettle"What goes around the wood and around the wood and never goes into the wood.
Answer: The bark."What goes up a tree with its head down.
Answer: The nails in your boots.I washed my face with water,
That never ran nor sprung,
I dried my face with a towel,
That was never woven nor swung.
Answer "I washed my face with the dew of the grass and dried it with the sun."(continues on next page)
