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School: An Druipseach

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Dripsey, Co. Cork
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Seán Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 184

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    A little white and round house and it is full of meat but it has no doors nor windows to let me in to eat. Answer an egg.
    2
    Hoddy doddy with a round black body and a big flat hat what is that : Answer a pot.
    3
    A flock of white sheep on a red hill here they go there they go now they stand still. Answer = Teeth in your gum.
    4
    Riddle me riddle me what is that over the head and under the hat. Answer = The hair of your head.
    5 A pot in the corner and a hundred eyes in it. Answer a pot of soup.
    6 I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town could not count how many windows in it. Answer : A timble.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Cremin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Magooly, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Norah Cremin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Magooly, Co. Cork