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School: Cloch Rua (roll number 11111)

Location:
Cloghroe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Nábla Nic Amhlaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1101, Page 043

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    Chip, chip cherry all the men in Derry, could not catch chip, chip cherry
    Ans. The Smoke.
    What is full and holds more. ?
    Ans. A pot of potatoes, and you can pour water in.
    Hys, high, lights low, cuts the grass and cannot mow. ?
    Ans. The frost.
    It is long and its narrow, and its not very wide, it wears a green selvedge on every side. ?
    Ans. The road.
    What goes away between too woods and it comes between two waters. ?
    Ans. A man fetching water in (two wooden) pails.
    A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat, you may guess for ever and you could not guess that. ?
    Ans. A pipe
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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
    Margaret Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Oliver Leeper
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal