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School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    1 A little round white house and it is full of meat but has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    Answer = An egg
    2 On yonder hill there stands a deer,
    With silver horns and jigs of glee,
    She is neither flesh feather or bone,
    On yonder hill she stands alone.
    Answer - The sun.
    (continues on next page)
    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