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School: Meelick (C.)

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Meelick, Co. Clare
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Bean Uí Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 354

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    How far can a rabbit run into a wood.
    Half way then he would be coming out.
    As high as the wall, as red as blood as white as snow and as sweet as honey -
    An apple.
    As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the ground like a marble -
    A magpie.
    If all the trees in the world went for a race which would be last.
    A sloe tree.
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first -
    Her breath.
    If all the countries in the world were drowned which would be saved
    Cork.
    A silent messenger from house to thousands it stays out at night -
    A path.
    What it is has a tongue and cant speak
    = A boot.
    Why is a pigs tail like the letter K -
    Because it is at the end of pork.
    This in the sea, this on the
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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
    Informant
    John Connery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Glennagross, Co. Clare