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

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Up chip cherry, down chip cherry,
    All the men in Derry could not lift chip cherry.
    Smoke
    My big fat mother, my long legged father. my three little sisters as black as each other.
    A pot.
    What goes through the wood but never touches the wood.
    A knife in a man's pocket.
    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
    Phyllis Sissons
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim