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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 135

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    A candle
    (8) How would you get down off an ass
    There is no down on him
    (9) Hink hank
    Under bank
    Ten drawing four.
    A woman milking a cow
    (10) Look at your hand and you plainly may see
    What never was and never will be
    Your five fingers not even
    (11) When is a gander called a goose.
    When it is in the pot
    (12) Patch upon patch without any stitches
    Riddle me that and I will buy you a breeches.
    A head of cabbage
    (13) Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
    A cake in a baker.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Mary Anne Fogarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Fogarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly