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School: Tunnyfoyle

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Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
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Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 187

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    When are two kings like three miles?
    When they form a league
    What has a swelled head and stands on one leg?
    A head of cabbage.
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An umbrella.
    When is a farmer cruel to his corn?
    When the threshes it.
    What has a tongue but cannot talk?
    A boot.
    What has a head but can't move it?
    A pin
    When will water stop down a hill?
    When it reaches the bottom.
    What teeth never bite?
    The teeth of a comb.
    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
    Rose Mary Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan