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School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 247

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    Riddles.
    .5.
    As round as an apple,
    As deep as a cup,
    And all the men in Ireland,
    Would not pull it up.
    Ans: A well
    .6.
    Patch upon patch,
    Without any stitches,
    Riddle me that,
    And I'll buy you a britches.
    Ans: A head of cabbage.
    .7.
    It is round,
    It is a pound,
    And it does not weigh two ounces.
    Ans: A sovereign.
    .8.
    Humpty, dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty dumpty got a great fall,
    All the kings horses,
    And all the kings men,
    Would not put humpty dumpty,
    Together again.
    Ans: An egg.
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    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
    Seán Ó hEagartaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Millford, Co. Galway