School: Sruth Nua

Location:
Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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    Riddles
    It flies high it flies low it wears shoes and has none/
    A football,
    Twenty white cows in the shed up comes the red cow and licks them all?
    Your tongue and teeth.
    Twenty white horses upon a red hill give one shout and they will all jump in?
    Your teeth
    A white body and a red nose the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A candle
    I have little house and a mouse would not fit in it. It has so many windows as you could not count?
    A thimble
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English