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School: Cloichín an Mhargaidh

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Clogheen Market, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Teacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 371

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    R-: Long-legged father; big-bellied mother; Three little children; all the same colour?
    Ans:- A three-legged pot.
    R-: Black and white and red (read) all over?
    Ans:- A newspaper.
    R:- I went up a bohereen; I went down a bohereen. And I brought a bohereen on my back?
    Ans:- A ladder.
    R:- Ink; Ank; under a bank; Ten drawing four?
    Ans:- A person milking a cow.
    R:- I have a little cow. That stands by the wall. It ates all it gets; But drink nothing at all?
    Ans:- The fire
    R:- What is it that goes to the table. Always cut; but never eaten?
    Ans:- A pack of cards
    R:- A houseful; a roomful; Yet you couldn't get a spoonful?
    Ans:- Smoke.
    R:- What eats the grass as low as the goose?
    Ans:- The gander.
    R:- 'Tis white and 'tis yellow. Tis passable green. And the King couldn't come at it. No more than the Queen?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clogheen, Co. Tipperary