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School: Crosserlough

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Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
L. Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 286

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    “These riddles were collected in the townlands of...”

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    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you could not guess that.
    A pipe.
    As I went up to Dublin I saw an awful wonder a steel horse with a flax tail and a brass boy driving.
    A needle, thread, and thimble.
    What goes round the house and round the house and never gets into the house?
    The thatch.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Conaty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Drumscruddan, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Maggie Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Rose Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lecharry, Co. Cavan