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School: Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí (roll number 9014)

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Attirory, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 166

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A sweeping twig.
    What is full and yet more can fit in it?
    A pot of potatoes you can put water in it.
    What is the cleanest letter in the alphabet?
    The letter T because it is in the middle of water.
    A little wire a little wood a little house without a fire?
    A cage.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over stepell and all?
    The sun.
    Around the floor and round the floor and never tutching the floor?
    A dish cloth.
    I went to the wood and I got it and when I got it I sat down to look for it when I looked for it I could not get it when I could not get it I brought it home?
    A thorn in my foot.
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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
    Maureen Beegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooneen, Co. Roscommon