School: Baile Coitcheannta

Location:
Cutteanta, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eithne Nic Shearraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 309

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  1. In come four legs picks up one leg up jump two legs fired three legs after four legs to get one leg?
    A dog comes in picks up a leg of mutton. Up jumps a man fired a three legged stool after the dog to get the leg of mutton.
    Riddle me riddle me ranty-ro my father fave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white. Riddle me that and I will give you a kite?
    Ink and paper.
    Little Jenny Hubble sitting in a puddle with a green gown and a white petticoat?
    A rush.
    Ink and under bank ten drawing four?
    A person milking a cow.
    A little round crock full of Christians flesh?
    A thimble
    What is the difference between a fashionable lady and a soldier?
    One faces the powder and the other powders the face.
    What runs and has no legs?
    A river
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Kearins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmorris, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Neary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmorris, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Tom Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmorris, Co. Sligo