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School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)

Location:
Kilskeer, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 409

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    1. What is it, the more you take from it, the bigger it gets?
    Answer - A hole in the ground.
    2. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, and the other a man?
    Answer - A penny
    3. I have a little house and it wouldn't fit a mouse, and it has as many windows as the Lord Mayor's House?
    Answer - A thimble.
    4. As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the king's horses wouldn't draw it up?
    Answer - The Well.
    5. Patch upon patch, without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll give you a pair of breeches?
    Answer - A head of cabbage.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mamie Mc Grane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Grane
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hartstown, Co. Meath