School: Derries (roll number 11388)

Location:
Derries, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Meadhbh Bean Uí Chiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 067

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 067

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  1. Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on two cripples away for the doctor two dumb men calling come on.
    A. a lie.
    In my father’s garden there is a bunch of swans no one can count them but God’s own hand.
    A. hairs of your head.
    What goes through the wood and through the wood and leaves a white rag on every bush.
    A. the snow.
    I went between two woods and came back between two waters.
    A. carrying two pails of water.
    London Derry Cork and Kerry spell that with out a K.
    A. that.
    What goes round the house and round the house and looks into every hole.
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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
    Anne Mc Cafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derries, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Mc Cafferty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derries, Co. Donegal