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School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

Location:
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 010

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The king of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold her flesh in.
    A ring.
    A thin little body a tiny little eye no one ever saw it laugh no one ever saw it cry.
    A needle.
    What has a bed and does not sleep in it.
    A river.
    I went out yesterday and I saw the dead carrying the living.
    A boat.
    What turns but never moves.
    Milk turning sour.
    It hangs on the wall and its no friend or no foe but when it is full it is dreaded by many.
    A gun.
    It runs on the level, turns at the hills and rests in the hollow.
    A river running into a lake.
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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
    Minnie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Francis Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Aghnagollop, Co. Leitrim