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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 092

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What part of you can travel faster than a train?
    Your eyes.
    Nibby Nobby two heads and a body.
    A Barrel
    Round and Nobby is my body hard and firm is my side. I am ready for any lady in the land to take me by the hand.
    A tea-pot.
    Two n n two oo an l and a d put them together and spell them for me
    London
    What town in Ireland can you spell backwards as well as frontwards which has the same
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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