School: St Garvan's, Rathmullen

Location:
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus P. Mac Eiteagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 24

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    7. A long thin body, a tiny little head
    I never am hungry so I never am fed.
    A pin.
    8. A long thin body a sharp little nose the longer it lives the shorter it grows.
    A pencil.
    9. What is it that grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound?
    A fiddle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondallan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondallan, Co. Donegal