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School: Aughrim (B.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
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    A pot full of potatoes.
    (7) Patch upon patch, without any stiches, riddle me that and I'll bug you a breeches?
    (8) Half dead and half alive and a tail wagging?
    A dog iwth his head in a pot.
    (9) Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat, you may guess forever but you'll never guess that?
    A pipe.
    (1) What lives over the ground and in the water?
    A trout.
    (11) What goes around and around the wood and never gets into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    (12) Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick 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
    William Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow