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School: Rathdrum (B)

Location:
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
S. Ó Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0919, Page 008

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A brush.
    What messenger goes from one house to another and never goes inside. A footpath.
    What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows? A candle.
    What is it that no one likes to give away or no one likes to give away? A bed.
    What is it that the room is full of and you can't get a spoon full? Smoke.
    What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
    What is the most modest thing in the house? A clock because it covers its face with its hand.
    If you hand't it you would not like it but if you had it you would not give it for the world? A bald head.
    The more you take from 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
    Billy Field
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhad Lower, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Terence Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhad Lower, Co. Wicklow