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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 380

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    Riddles
    as a ball can climb the church o'er steeple and all?
    The sun
    London Derry, Cork and Kerry spell that without a K?
    That
    Chip, Chip, Cherry all the men in Derry could not (lig) lift chip, chip, cherry?
    (An egg broken) Smoke
    There is a little house and it would not fit a mouse and it has as many windows as the King's house?
    A thimble
    What goes up the stairs black and white and comes down read (read) all over?
    A Newspaper
    Sixty cup (six tea) hung on a dresser one fell down, how many was left?
    Five
    What is as black as ink as white as milk and hops on the road like hail-stones?
    Magpie
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches?
    A Cabbage
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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
    Dorothy Magee
    Gender
    Female