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School: Drumcoghill

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Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 248

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    What has a tongue and never speaks. Answer. (a boot)
    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever,
    But you wont guess that.
    Pipe
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    All the kings' horses, all the kings men
    Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again. Answer (an egg).
    A woman said to her daughter, "Rise up for your daughter's daughter has a young daughter. What relation was the speaker to the new born baby.
    The master gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white. What was it.
    Patch upon patches, without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. (A Cabbage Head).
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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
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan