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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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    It opens like a barn door and shuts like a trap and many a thing you would think of before you would think of that.
    An umbrella.
    As I went up the road I met my uncle Owen. He had iron toes, a wooden nose and on my word he would frighten the crows.
    A gun.
    As I went down the road I met my uncle David. I put him in my pocket for fear the ducks would eat him.
    A frog.
    Ding dong under the bank, ten drawing four.
    A man milking a cow.
    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's horses could not pull it up.
    A well.
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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 Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Connelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo