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School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)

Location:
Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Gliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 039

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    1 A long thing legless went by the door footless, saying woman keep in your hens I am not afraid of your dog.?
    Ans. a worm.
    2 Under the fire and over the fire but yet never touches the fire?
    Ans a cake in an oven.
    3 It went to Tory and stopped there and came back to Dublin because it did not go there.?
    Ans a watch.
    4 As I went up the hill of wonder, came down the hill of thunder and saw twenty four blackbirds leaving the hills asunder?
    Ans a harrow.
    5 What is it that goes around the wood, around the wood but still never goes through the wood.?
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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
    Joseph Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drominagh, Co. Tipperary