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School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

Location:
Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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    Small, Small, Smaller than a mouse and has more windows than a king's house
    A Thimble.
    Two men dead fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples ran for the guards, and a dummy shouting, "Hurry on " what is that?
    A lie.
    Spell Knocknarea over the sea in four letters without a K.
    N stands for Knock
    R for Rae
    O stands for over and
    S stands for sea
    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