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School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 163

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    What has eight wings and can't fly?
    Fourteen dead birds.
    What is the differences between a blackbird and a crow?
    A crow is a blackbird but a blackbird is not a crow.
    Riddle me riddle me randio,
    My father gave me seeds to sow
    The seeds was black and the ground was white, Riddle me that and i'll give you a hint
    A boy writing a letter.
    A leaper of ditches a cropper of thorns a little brown cow with a pair of feather horns.
    A heer
    Over the water and under the water and never touches the water
    A woman carrying a bucket of water on her head and she is crossing a bridge.
    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
    Shiela Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr P. Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin