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School: Ballymore (roll number 16569)

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Ballymore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sibéal Nic Eimhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0896, Page 221

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    15.6.'38.
    Riddles.
    Deep I am and damp I am and green around the edge I am fit for any man I am
    A Grave.
    Black I am and much admired, many a man and horse I tired gold and silver for me were paid and now on the dunk hill I am laid
    Coal.
    I am as sweet as a plum cake and strawberry jam but the name that I bear says how sour I am.
    A tart.
    What is the name of the tree which no leaves grow on
    The boot tree.
    Twenty four white cows standing in a stall out comes the red bull the master of them all.
    Tongue and teeth.
    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
    Collector
    Saidee Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Mountseaton, Co. Wexford