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School: Boicetown, Dunleer (roll number 843)

Location:
Boycetown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
J. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 019

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    and his boots torn what time was it.?
    Time to get a new pair.
    Look down at your hand and you'll plainly see what never was nor never will be.?
    All your fingers the same length
    What goes a field and leaves only one track after it.?
    A wheel-barrow.
    What is it one man can carry but twenty men cannot.?
    A needle.
    What are the three dirtiest vegetables in a garden.?
    Lettuce, Turnip, and Pea. Let us turn up and pay.
    Hink hank on the bank ten drawing four.?
    A person milking a cow.
    Over the fire and under the fire and and never touches the fire.?
    A cake in pot-oven.
    What is a herring worth when it is half eaten.?
    Worth turning.
    What grows downward.?
    A cow's tail.
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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
    John Shevlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunany, Co. Louth