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School: Carrigeengeare (roll number 8672)

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Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 418a

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The King of Morack built a ship,
    An' in that ship his daughter sat,
    An' I'd be blamed to tell her name,
    An' there is three times I've told it,
    Answer - Anne (An')
    As I went into White I saw on White,
    I looked out through White,
    I saw White turning White out of White
    Answer - As I went into a white house, I sat on a white chair. I looked out through a white window. I saw a white dog turning a white cow out of white cabbage.
    What flies high, lights low,
    Cuts grass & does not mow.
    Answer - The frost.
    A bonack of bread and a sheetful of crumblins.
    Answer - Moon and stars.
    Collected by Mary Anne O'Rourke
    barrigeengeare. N.S.
    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
    Mary Anne O' Rourke
    Gender
    Female