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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 008

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    The more you take out of it the bigger it gets.
    A hole.
    Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
    A cake in an oven.
    Flys high and flys low, wears shoes but has none.
    A football.
    Long legs and crooked thighs flat head and no eyes.
    A tongs.
    What thing has four legs a head and a foot.
    A bed.
    Why do you go to bed?
    Because the bed won't come to you.
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    Because she wants to get to the other side.
    As white as milk, as black as ink, milk nor ink it isn't, it hops on the road like a marble stone but a marble stone it isn't.
    A magpie.
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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
    John Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo