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School: Abbeylara

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Abbeylara, Co. Longford
Teacher:
John O' Meara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0617

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    a pot. Answer - because she cannot lick it.
    A hard working father, a lazy mother, and twelve little children the picture of each other. Answer - the face of a clock.
    What has teeth but cannot eat? Answer - a comb.
    Four and twenty cows tied tight to a stall, out comes a red one and over ticks them all. Answer - your tongue and teeth.
    What is it that flies high flies low and moves with us as quick as we go? Answer - dust.
    What goes from house to house yet never moves out of its place? Answer - a path.
    A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire. Answer - a bird cage.
    What goes round the house and round the house and
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    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
    Emily Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbeylara, Co. Longford