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School: Cill Tulaigh (roll number 15166)

Location:
Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Seasnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0479

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q Head like a thimble tail like a rat you may guess everything but you will never guess that.
    A A pipe.
    Q What is like half the moon.
    A The other half.
    Q Twenty sheep went out a gap twenty more followed that the sheperd and his dog how many feet was that.
    A Two feet.
    Q As round as apple as deep as cup all the kings horses would not pull it up.
    A The sun shining in a well.
    Q Hoddy doddy with around buck boddy with a big flat hat what is that.
    A A pot.
    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
    Micheal Devine
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greyford, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mick Devine
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Greyford, Co. Galway