School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)

Location:
Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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  1. Its long and its narrow and its not very wide it wears a green border on every side. A road.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry couldn't lift it up. A well.
    Why does a cow look over the hill?
    Because she cannot see through it.
    What was a "foot" last night?
    Twelve inches.
    Four feet up and four feet down
    soft in the middle and hard all round
    A bed.
    They cut my hair and shaved my face and left me in a naked place.
    A peat.
    Round the house and peeps in every hole and never touches the house.
    The Sun.
    As I went up the heathry hill I met a row of bullocks they were all tick tacket and all yellow backed.
    A swarm of bees.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
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