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School: Cloncarneel

Location:
Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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    the Lord Mayor's house?
    A thimble.
    Spell blackwater in three letters?
    Ink.
    Everyone hates it and no one likes to lose it.?
    Law-suit
    Hink-hank on the bank and ten drawing four?
    A woman milking a cow.
    In Amsterdam it is common and Holland wants it still, 'tis in every mountain it's not in any hill, it's in all kind of timber, it's not in any tree, 'tis in nobody but it is in me.?
    I have it and you haven't it and you use it oftener than me that has it?
    A name.
    Why does a girl always look at the moon.?
    Because there's a man in it.
    Hicky moor Hacky moor standing at the kitchen door, nothing so red and nothing so round as Hicky moor Hacky moor standing at the door?
    The Sun.
    why is a jailer like a musician?
    He fingers the keys.
    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
    Teresa Harmon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Woodtown, Co. Meath