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School: Maoláin (roll number 6704)

Location:
Mullaun, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 226

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. As I went up you lindry laundry lane I met Serinca Pinca Pancy fetching away company if I had my ransom chansom chaney I'll shoot Serinca Pinca Pancy for fetching away company?
    A. A fox bringing away a goose.
    Q. What sounds through and through the wood and earns a halfpenny for his master
    A. A fiddle
    Q. The child says to the father how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son?
    A. The child was a girl.
    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
    The whole school