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School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

Location:
Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 091

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is it that the more you to off it the biugger it gets?
    A hole
    What can run but cannot walk?
    A river.
    If I were ion the road and threw a stone through the window what county would I see?
    Glasgow
    Riddle me Riddle what is that over the head and (over th) under the hat
    Your hair.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry could not lift it up
    A Well.
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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
    Pádraig Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    10
    Informant
    James Howley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larass or Strandhill, Co. Sligo