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School: Kilcormac (Mercy Convent)

Location:
Kilcormac, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr M. Finghín
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    As I went over Lincoln Bridge I met Mister Rusticap, pins and needles on his back A - going to Thorny Fair?
    A Hedgehog.
    As soft as silk, as white as milk as bitter as gall, a thick wall and a green coat covers me all?
    A Walnut.
    A Riddle a riddle as I suppose a hundred eyes and never a nose?
    A Sieve.
    Long legs crooked thighs Little head and no eyes?
    Tongs.
    Hoddy Doddy with a round body three feet and a wooden hat. Whats that?
    A three legged pot.
    Jack - at - a word ran over the moor,
    Never behind but always before?
    Will O' the Wisp.
    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
    Ita Cummins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountbolus, Co. Offaly