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School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)

Location:
Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
R. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 400

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is as red as blood as white as milk?
    An apple.
    Said the child to the father how did it come that you are my father and I am not your son?
    It was a girl.
    What goes around the house and round the house and all under.
    Nails in a shoe.
    Spell a broken down ditch in three letters.
    Gap.
    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
    Áine Ní Gallachobhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowgarve North, Co. Mayo