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School: Ceapach an tSeagail

Location:
Cappataggle, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Antoine Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0012

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    As round as an apple as plumb as a pear
    A split in the middle and covered with hair
    A gooseberry.
    While he is out he is stiff and stout
    while he is in he is "aisy" but when he
    is done and taken out, he is "slobbery" and "grasy".
    A head of cabbage boiled.
    Left on the table cut but never eaten
    Cards.
    I could catch it in my hand and the king could not tie it.
    Sand.
    A head a foot and four legs.
    A bed.
    Round the wood round the wood and stards at the corner of the wood.
    A tea-towel.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Jennings
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cappataggle, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr T. Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappataggle, Co. Galway