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School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)

Location:
Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 282

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    A little brown cow,
    With two leather horns,
    Jumps over hedges, ditches and thorns.
    Answer . A goat.
    Riddle me riddle me randy roe,
    Me father gave me seed to sow.
    The seed was black and the ground was white,
    Riddlle me that till to morrow night.
    Answer . Paper & Ink.
    As round as an apple,
    As plump as a ball,
    Can climb the church,
    Over steeple and all.
    Answer. The sun.
    There was a man and he was wise,
    He went out to view the skies,
    He saw a tree with apples on it,
    He took no apples off,
    And left no apples on it.
    Answer . He took one off and left one.
    Hink, hand on a bank,
    Ten drawing four.
    Answer. A person milking.
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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
    George Bass
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballingarry Lower, Co. Wexford