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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0005

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A paper.
    Forty sheep went out a gap forty more went after the shepherd and his dog. How many feet was that?
    Two feet.
    Little thing, little thing smaller than a mouse. There are more windows in it than a kings house.
    A thimble.
    A leaper, a jumper, a clipper of corn, a tidy little fellow with two leather horns.
    A hare.
    What are the most things in the bottom of a sieve?
    Corners.
    What would a person fill a barrel with to make it lighter?
    Holes.
    What part of a horse goes in the stable first?
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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
    Agnes Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Costello
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway