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School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

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Cartron, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 339

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A = Because she cant go under it.
    R(9) Whats brought to the table cut, and never eaten.
    A = A pack of Cards.
    R(10) Throw it up white and it will come down yellow.
    A = Churning milk.
    R(11) Whats like a cat looking in on a window
    A = Another looking out.
    R(12) Whats worse than a pig at a door
    A = Two.
    R(13) Tell me a town in Ireland would fit in a bottle
    A = Cork.
    R(14) I have a little cow and she hangs on the wall, she drinks all she gets and eats none at all.
    A = Lamp.
    R(15) Whats on a house more than straws
    A = Knots
    R(16) White and black went up the hill black came down and white stood above.
    A = Hen going up to lay an egg.
    R(17) what stands at one side of the wood and eats out of the other
    A = A cow eating out of a Trough
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim Upper, Co. Leitrim