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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 130

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is it the poor man has; the rich man wants; the miser spends: the spending-thief saves; and all men carry to the grave?
    Nothing.
    Which would you say, the yolk of the egg is white or are white?
    The yolk is yellow.
    Old sally stage sitting on her stage, her children dying with age and herself fine and strong?
    A tree in Autumn
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man?
    A penny.
    What's full and holds more?
    A pot of potatoes when water is put into it.
    (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
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male