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School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 220

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    “Black and white and red all over...”

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    Black and white and red all over.
    A news paper.
    As white as snow but snow it isnt,
    As green as grass but grass it isnt,
    As red as a rose but a rose it isnt,
    As black as ink but ink it isnt.
    A blackberry
    As round as a kettle as flat as a pan the half of a woman the whole of a man.
    A penny
    Did you ever see a duck swimming and a dog sitting on his tail.
    A dog sitting on his tailbrand.
    A duck swimming on water.
    Did you ever see a pigs head hanging up.
    No it is always hanging down
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Shiela Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr P. Byrne
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin