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School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 127

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    1 Long man legless, came to door
    stepless, saying "Keep in your ducks your dog I'm not afraid of."
    Answer - A worm
    2
    A leaper of hedges, a clipper of thorns
    A little brown cow with two leather horns
    Answer - A hare
    3 Useless useful instrument, once it is bought it is never lent. The mans that buys it never owns it, the man that loads it never knows it.
    Answer - A coffin
    6 What is it that if it is not long enough cut a bit off it and it will be long enough
    Answer - A grave
    7 A sheet full of crumbs and a bunnock in the middle.
    Answer - The moon and stars
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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
    Kathleen Dyer
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Frank Dyer
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo