School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)

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   of the scholars.
   Andrew and Alick.
   7. What is black and white and hops on the road like hail-stones?
   A Magpie.
   8 If it took an elephant an hour to go through a wood, how long would it take a fly to go through a barrel of tar.
   Are you stuck "Yes". so was the fly.
   9) I went in between two woods and came out between two waters.
   A man carrying two stopes of water (wooden buckets)
   10 What goes round the house and the harrow after it?
   A hen and a clutch of birds.
   11 What has a cat that no other animal has
   Kittens?
   12. How could you compare the knave of a cart-wheel to a nice lady?
   Because they are both surrounded by fellows.
   13 Hairy out and hairy in lift your leg and stick it in.
   A stocking.
   14 A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here they go, and there they go but now they stand still.
   Teeth in your gums.

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   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Emma Neely

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr Sam Neely

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   16

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs William Neely

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr William Neely

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Donegal