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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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    Hody, dody with a round black body.
    A pot.
    Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more following that, a man, a dog, how many feet was that?
    Two.
    I saw an empty cart in which there was something (in).
    Plenty of room.
    What the most luggage.
    The elephants.
    What is it that is too short and to cut off a piece it will make it long enough.
    A grave.
    If you went into the king and he at his Christmas dinner. You upset the table what three nations would that represent.
    The downfall of Turkey, the over flow Greece the breaking of China.
    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
    Mary Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duleek Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr Louth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Ship Street, Co. Louth