School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)

Location:
Derrew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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  1. 1. What turns without moving? "Milk.
    2. As round as an apple as flay as a pan one side a woman the other side a man -?
    "A penny."
    3. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.?
    "A bed."
    4. Twenty sheep went out a gap twenty more followed that the shepherd and his dog how many feet in all that:-?
    "Two feet.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Gibbons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo