School: Cill Daighnéain

Location:
Rathcormack, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Cáit Ní Bhuachalla
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  1. Jenny in the ditch, Jenny out of the ditch, and if you will go near Jenny she will bite you. A nettle.
    I went into the wood and I got it, I sat down to look for it, and I brought it home because I could not find it. A thorn.
    A hard working father, a lazy old mother, and twelve little children all the same colour. A clock.
    How many cows' tails would
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Cork