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School: Graughlough

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Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
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Mrs Wade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 046

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    a gate.
    Ans. Two or three.
    21. What sleeps and its finger in its eye.
    Ans. The crook.
    22. What is black and white and read all over.
    Ans. The Newspaper
    23. What has three legs and cannot walk.
    Ans. A pot
    24. What is long and not so wide and wears a border on every side.
    Ans. The road.
    25. I have a little sister called Peepity, peep, she travels over the sea that is ever so deep and over the mountains that are ever so high and the poor little thing is not the size of your eye.
    Ans. A star.
    A pot of porridge hot, a pot of porridge cold, a pot of porridge in the pot nine days old, if you are a scholar or intend to be, put all together and spell them without a P.
    Ans. Them.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Cocharne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr T. Cocharne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan