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School: Carrickallen

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Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
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A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 147

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    put humpty dumty together again.
    A. An Egg.
    XXII Q One half dead the other half living and a tail wagging.
    A A dog with his head in a pot.
    XXIII Q What black and white and "red" all over?
    A The newspaper.
    XXIV Q What is that which stands on one leg and has its heart in its head.
    A A head of cabbage.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyunshin, Co. Cavan