School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 008

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    work with but one head and no eyes.
    A. A tongs.
    Q. Round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood.
    A. A knife in a man's pocket.
    Q. It leaves rags on the bushes.
    A. Snow.
    Q. No matter how full it many come up, it always goes down empty.
    A. A bucket.
    Q. Dick's father is Tom's son what relation is Tom to Dick?
    A. Grandfather.
    Q. A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat, what is it?
    A. A pipe
    Q. Little thing,
    Little thing,
    Smaller than a mouse,
    Has more windows,
    Than a gentleman's house
    A. A thimble
    Q. A duck before two ducks,
    A duck behind two ducks,
    And a duck between two ducks,
    How many ducks are that?
    A. Three
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Irwin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Billa, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Irwin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Billa, Co. Sligo