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School: Cloncarneel

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Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 201

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    What has a swelled head and stands on on leg? A head of cabbage.
    What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
    What is the best thing to put in a cake? Your teeth.
    What is it that has a tongue and cannot speak? A boot.
    What is the best board of health? The cupboard.
    What has a head and no face? A match.
    What has an eye and cannot see? A needle.
    What wig is it hard for a barber to make? An earwig.
    What has a face and no head? A watch.
    Spell black water in three letters? ink.
    These riddles were collected by Alice Mc Nally Carnisle, Kildakey, Co. Meath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Mc Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath