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School: Moyne (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 8733)

Location:
Moyne, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Johanna Griffin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 185

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    what is always walking with his head down? the nail of your boot
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a at you may guess for ever and you won't guess what? a pipe
    whats always walking and carrying his house on his back?
    a snail
    What is it that never was or never will be? a mouses nest in a cats ear
    Patch upon patch without any stitches if you riddle me that I will buy you a pair of breeches?
    a head of cabbage
    It is as round as my head and it is as long as a hundred trees?
    a thread
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English