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School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)

Location:
Glin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 266

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    then the farmer and his dog , how many feet went out the gap?
    Two.
    10. As I went out and before I came in. Over the dead the "live" did spring. The trees shook and the leaves did fall and that's my riddle among ye all.
    Chicken coming out of an egg.
    11. If a letter weighs an ounce, what will Ireland weigh?
    Seven ounces.
    12. As I went out a slippery gap. I met my uncle Davie. I cut off his head and left his body standing "easy".
    A head of cabbage.
    13. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan. The whole of a woman and the half of a man.
    An English penny.
    14. There 'tis and "puss" on it.
    A pot rack.
    15. Who was the first doctor in Ireland?
    God.
    17. The more you take away the bigger it gets.
    A hole.
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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
    Mairín Ní Conraoi
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glin Demesne, Co. Limerick