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School: Ryefield

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Ryefield, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ida Carnew
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 331

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    As I went up the hill I met a car, and in the car there were two black men and a white man. The two black men ate the white man, what was the number of the car.
    Fr. 281 (Two ate one)
    Eliza. Elizabeth, Betty and Bess went to the wood to fetch eggs. They found a nest with two eggs in it. Each one took an egg and left one for the bird?
    Fr. One girl went for the eggs.
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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
    Evelyn Coote
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknaveagh, Co. Cavan