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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 014

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
    A gap.
    Spell red-rover the world in three letters.
    A fox.
    What weight is the moon.
    The moon is one cwt weight because there are four quarters in it.
    What side is the handle on a mug.
    One the outside.
    There is a little house
    And it would not hold a mouse
    And there are as many windows on it
    As the kings high house.
    A thimble.
    What is full of holes and can hold up water.
    A crook.
    How many sticks goes to a mags nest.
    None they are all carried to it.
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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
    Maureen Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curragha, Co. Leitrim