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School: Inch Island

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Carrickanee, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Mac Fhinn
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    Riddles
    Q: As I went up a slippery slap, I met a small black bull. He kicked and I flung. If you had have been there you you would have seen the fun, what is that?
    Ans: A jag in your heel.
    Q: One half dead and the other half living and a tail wagging.
    Ans: A dog with his head in a pot.
    Q: As round as an apple as plum as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
    Ans : The sun.
    Q: What goes round and round
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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
    Eddie Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlequarter, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Hannah Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlequarter, Co. Donegal