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School: Ballyellis (roll number 1766)

Location:
Ballyellis, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
P. Fitzgerald
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0894, Page 111

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    Riddles
    As round as an apple. As plump as a ball it climbs over church, steeple and all ? The sun
    As I sit I see four legs leaping into three ? A cat leaping into a pot.
    Half dead and half alive and a tail wagging ? A dog with head in a pot.
    Trip, Trap, and
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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
    James Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyconran, Co. Wexford