School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)

Location:
Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 324

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  1. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man. A penny.
    What has more corners than holes. A riddle.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup. All the men in Derry would not lift it up. A well.
    As I went into the garden I met my uncle David. I cut his head off and left his body easy. Cabbage.
    As I went up the boreen I met my Aunt Norin she had steel toes an iron nose and God knows she would frighten the crows. A […].
    Hunpty Dumpty sat on the wall
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Terryduff, Co. Mayo