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School: Muirisc (roll number 16832)

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Murrisk, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 548

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    Local Riddles
    As round as an apple as sharp as
    a lance. If you were on top of it, it would carry you to France. The moon.
    Long legs, crooked legs, small head and no eyes.
    A tongs
    Long legged father, big bodied mother, three little sisters the same as one another.
    A pot with three legs
    Often cut but never eaten.
    A hack of cards
    Father, Mother, sister, brother running all day and cannot get up to one another.
    The four wheels of a motor cart.
    Four legs, a head, and a foot.
    A bed
    Goes up dry and comes down wet
    An umbrella
    Whats the shiest thing in the world
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English