School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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  1. The more you take out of it the bigger it gets. A grave.
    What is it that always walks with its head down. A nail in a man's bot.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches. A head of cabbage.
    Middy-noddy round body three feed and a wooden hat. A pot.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Mac Abheatha
    Gender
    Male
  3. As round as an apple as plump as a ball
    Can climb over church over steeple and all
    The Sun
    What is full and holds more?
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