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School: Killorglin (B.) (roll number 12832)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 002

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    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, all a woman and half a man
    Answer: A penny
    Four maidens in a hall, the same employment have them all, one goes in and one goes out and still they all go round about.
    Answer: Four knitting needles.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy. He had rings, he had pins, he had every sort of things, he had a hammer for driving nails, he had a cat - and - nine - tails, he had an up Tom. down Jack blow the bellows, hither and over. As I went into Mrs Cliffords for the loading of a gun to shoot the hairy mongo sitting on his congo eating snow - balls.
    Answer: A goat eating a head of cabbage.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy, He had an iron nose and timber toes
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Seán Ó Cathaláin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Kerry