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School: Baile an Churraigh

Location:
Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 505

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    :(neither, The yoke of an egg is yellow.
    6. What goes from Dublin to Cork without moving?
    : The railway line.
    7. As I went up the hill of Tara I met twenty four bulldogs tearing up the nation?
    : a man harrowing.
    8. Black and white went over the hill black came back and left white there?
    : a hen that laid an egg.
    9. Riddle me, riddle me whats that under the hat and over the head?
    : The hair on your head.
    10. a flock of white sheep on a Red hill here they go, there they go now the stand still
    : your teeth
    11. as round as an apple as plump as a boy it climbs
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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
    Mary Kate Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Barlow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfaghna, Co. Galway