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School: Ballyharry (roll number 11235)

Location:
Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Bríde
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    1) A kitchen full, a roomful you could not lift a spoonful
    Ans. = smoke
    2) What hangs on the wall and has more eyes than us all?
    Ans. = A strainer
    3) "Blackie" set on "roughy" and "gloury" seen it and "glamy" shoved it into "girney"
    Ans. = A blackberry
    4) Four stiff standers, four down hangers, two lookers, two crooners, one licker and a switcher.
    Ans. = A cow
    5) Hairy out and hairy in, all hair and no skin
    Ans. = A stocking
    6) A large "podoodle" a small "podoodle", "podoodles" of every kind, put in a "podoodle", put out a "podoodle" and leave a "podoodle" behind.
    Ans. = knitting a sock
    7) As I went in a slithery slap I met a dunty bull, he kicked and I flung, if you "(y) had to been"
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sorcha Nic Canna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Daniel Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Donegal