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School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)

Location:
Treantagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 017

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    an engine driver?
    Because one minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    16. What is it that is in the house and it is the name of a bird and holds up heavy weights?
    Crane
    17. As I went up yon wee dark lane I met my sister Mary Jane with iron nose and timber toes, and upon my word she would scare the crows.
    A gun.
    18. What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    19. What goes up and up the water and never gets to the head of the water?
    A mill wheel.
    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
    Jeanie Neely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treantagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Matthew Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    27
    Address
    Treantagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Eliza Jane Neely
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Treantagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr James Neely
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    19
    Address
    Treantagh, Co. Donegal