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School: Marshalstown (roll number 12741)

Location:
Marshalstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Macháin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Spell blackwater in three letters
    Ans : Ink
    Four stick standers. Four lilylanders Two Crookenders. Two lookenders and a Windabout. Ans : A Cow
    Two flippers Two flappers and wagger
    Ans : A Dog
    Hitty, hatty on the wall, Hitty hatty got a fall. All the Kings horses and all the Kings men wouldn't put hitty hatty the way she was again
    Ans : An egg
    Riddle me riddle me now my father gave me seed to sow the seed was black and the ground was white riddle me that by Saturday night
    Ans : A pen, Ink and paper
    Ink, Ank under a bank ten drawn four. Ans : A Woman Milking a Cow.
    Why does a cow look over the ditch
    Ans : because he couldn't look under it
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    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
    Nancy Murphy
    Gender
    Female