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School: Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag (roll number 5259)

Location:
Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Mag Uaildric
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 321

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    How many sticks goes to build a crows nest
    A None the crow carries them
    Q Old Granny age sitting in her cage if she got water she would die
    A A fire
    Q As I went out in a slobbery gap I ment my Unkle Pat I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easly
    A A bottle of wine
    Q When is a man like a lat
    A When he is shaving
    Q A little white and round house and it is full of meat and has no doors or windows to let me into eat
    A An Egg
    Q It goes around the wood in the day and sleeps on the corner of wood in the night
    A A dish cloth
    Q I went the path I came the path I carried the path up on my back
    A A ladder
    Q It goes around the floor in the day and sleeps in the corner at night
    A A brush
    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
    Nano Kehoe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Cassagh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Myles Kehoe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cassagh, Co. Kilkenny