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School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

Location:
Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    I went into the wood and got it. Then I sat down and looked for it. When I came home I got it?
    A thorn in your foot.
    A house full and a room full, but you could not catch a spoon full?
    Smoke.
    I will give you a guess that you cannot confess, jumping Jennie in the press?
    A mouse.
    If it takes six yards of cloth to make a coat, what will it take to make a waistcoat?
    Cloth.
    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
    Tom Glenn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildrum, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Tom Glenn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildrum, Co. Donegal