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School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)

Location:
Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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    Riddle: Two legs sitting on three legs one leg on his lap. In comes four legs snatches up one leg up gets two legs throws three legs after three legs and gets his own leg back. What is it?
    Solution: A man sitting on a stool with a leg of mutton in his lap a dog comes in snatches up the leg of mutton. The man get up and throws the stool after the dog and get the leg of mutton back.
    Riddle: Spell Neddy Cod Nazer the king of the jews without a word of the alphabet.
    Solution: A turf and a clod stands for Neddy
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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
    Patrick Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr George Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Occupation
    Gardener
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin