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School: St Garvan's, Rathmullen

Location:
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus P. Mac Eiteagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 28

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    faster he goes he swallows the rope.
    A spinning wheel.
    6/ What goes round and round the house with a harrow after it?
    A hen with young chickens
    7/ What is full and still holds more.
    A pot full of potatoes will hold water
    8/ A wee man sits behind the wall. He eats all he gets but never drinks water?
    A fire.
    9/ It grows in the wood and it sounds in the town and it earns its master many a pound
    A fiddle.
    10/ He has timber heels and iron
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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
    Willie Shovelin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondallan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs P. Shovelin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondallan, Co. Donegal