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School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 012

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A pig's tail.
    It hops and holes it tatters and tears and it sleeps in the hearth.
    A cricket.
    Why does a hen pick a bucket.
    Because she can't lick it.
    A small little parcel, its bought very dear and its cut very close and its all wasted away.
    Tobacco.
    Why does a horse look over the ditch.
    Because he can't look under it.
    Round the house and round the house with the puddings after.
    A hen and chickens.
    I have a little sister. she has a red nose.
    The longer she lives the shorter she grows.
    A candle.
    A goose before two geese, a goose behind two geese and a goose between two geese how many geese
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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
    Minnie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Francis Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Aghnagollop, Co. Leitrim