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School: Ballygarvan (C.) (roll number 9830)

Location:
Ballygarvan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0391, Page 150

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    What's full but can hold more.?
    A pot full of potatoes when water is put in to them.
    Niddy Noddy, round in body,
    Three feet and a wooden hat.
    A Pot
    What goes away between two woods, and comes home between two waters.?
    A man fetching water in pails.
    What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, an climb the Church over steeple and all.
    The Sun.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches.
    Riddle me that, and I'll buy you a breeches!
    A head of cabbage.
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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
    Margaret O' Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Ballinreeshig, Co. Cork