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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 29

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    toes and upon my word he would scar the crows.
    A gun.
    Hills are full of it and glens are full of it but you could not gather a cupful of it?
    Mist.
    It is long and it is narrow and it is not very wide and it wears a green selvege at every side?
    The road
    A round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's army could not pull it up?
    A well.
    I have a web of cotton, it was never wrought nor spun and it covers all the world but the water and the sun?
    The dew on a summer morning.
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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