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School: Ármhach (B.)

Location:
Arvagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Samhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 300

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    Riddles
    Fruit of England, flour of Spain,
    Meet together in a shower rain,
    Put in a bag and tied around with a string.
    If you tell me that riddle, I'll give you a ring.
    A Plum Pudding
    Middy-noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    A Pot.
    What is full and holds more.
    A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever, but you could'nt guess that.
    A pipe.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
    Can climb the church o'er steeple and all.
    The sun.
    How many feet has forty sheep the shepherd and his dog.
    Two.
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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
    Thomas O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan