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School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)

Location:
Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 364

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    to bed?
    You spoil the bed.
    Why is a new born baby like a pig's tail?
    Because it was never seen before.
    What is it no one wishes to have and yet when he has it he does not wish to lose it?
    A bald head.
    What is it always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    What is full and holds more?
    A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging.
    A dog with his head under a pot.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat, you many guess for ever, but you cannot guess that.
    Pipe.
    Why should you carry a watch when crossing desert?
    Because it has a spring in it.
    If I was in the sun and you were
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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
    Nora Breen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonasleen East, Co. Cork