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School: Keeny

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Keeny, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Cléirigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The crook.
    What goes over the hill and never comes back?
    A path.
    What walks with it's head down
    A nail in a man's boot.
    What is the shiest thing in the house?
    The clock because it always keeps it's hands on its face.
    Blackie and Whitie went over the hill Blackie came back and Whitie stood still.
    A hen laying an egg.
    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
    Mary Fitzsimons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryhoo, Co. Cavan