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School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)

Location:
Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 136

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    burn them. Ashe trees.
    What seeps in the corner all night and gets a bone in the morning.
    Your boot.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood, and never goes into the wood. The bark of a tree.
    What part of the motor goes into the town first. The noise.
    What goes from Dublin to cork without moving. The railway.
    A hard working father a wee lazy mother, and twelve children. A clock.
    What is it that you take away from to make it large. A hole.
    What do you put into a barrel to make it lighter. Holes.
    I went before a judge and the sentence was one that God couldn’t give me. To go out of his sight.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tievebrack, Co. Donegal