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School: Clonback, Aughnacliffe (roll number 15038)

Location:
Cloonback, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Mac Ionnraic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 109

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    Blackie and white went up the hill, blackie came down and white stodd still?
    A hen laying an egg.
    The head of a pipe, the heart of a fig, when carefully joined to the end of a wig, spells the name of an animal, when dead an excellent dish is made of his head?
    A Pig.
    Three brothers were going by a school and the first one said I'll go in to see my brothers children, and the second brother said I'll go in too, and the third said I won't go in to see by brothers children for I have now. How did that come.
    Because he was their father.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Cuingareen, Co. Longford